Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall

Crimson Desert update has a few surprise improvements, like finally letting you teleport on your horse and a new ability
By Harvey Randall published
News Do a Focused Aerial Roll!

If you're struggling with Crimson Desert's double jump as much as I was, it's because of this mistranslation
By Harvey Randall published
News Less Kliff, more Mario.

Question time: Do you care about fashion in MMOs, or do you just chuck any old gear on and call it a day?
By Harvey Randall published
LOOKING GOOD World of Work-it craft.

WoW's next patch drops in just over a week, bringing a whole heap of world content and yet another gearing method from a deeply suspicious ally
By Harvey Randall published
News I don't trust Decimus, but I like his energy.

Former Bethesda artist says 'every single developer' has already brought up 95% of the complaints that made it to launch, but as Todd Howard told him, 'we can't do everything'
By Harvey Randall published
News You can't win 'em all.

The Witcher 3 multiplayer mod adds new setting-appropriate features, like the ability to form a totem pole of Geralts or turn into a fox
By Harvey Randall published
News You know, typical Witcher stuff.

Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.5 site teases a potential return to the void for its next expansion
By Harvey Randall published
News We're not done with the thirteenth just yet.

Final Fantasy 14's latest variant dungeon is so good, it deserves better—the MMO needs to figure out its rewards so all this great work isn't wasted
By Harvey Randall published
NO CARROT Just let me get gear, please.

There's just no good reason why WoW's story mode raids aren't available right away—and I'm saying that as someone who cleared normal just fine last month
By Harvey Randall published
STORY SKIP Being forced into a get-along t-shirt with randos didn't improve my experience of the story, like, at all.

It turns out Crimson Desert has even more mechanics under the hood—like this 'fully-designed food consequence system' that modders have unlocked
By Harvey Randall published
News A rare moment of restraint.

WoW's latest raid cinematic could be the start of a massive story retcon for its worst expansion
By Harvey Randall published
News Death is not the end.

No, there isn't going to be a new lovecraftian Nier game with a caked-up tentacle robot, despite cope to the contrary
By Harvey Randall published
News "We received a tremendous response and caused quite a stir."

MindsEye's first major update, 'Blacklist', really will be used to 'share some of the evidence of the sabotage’ that apparently made it bad
By Harvey Randall published
News Build a Rocket Boy CEO Mark Gerhard believes "the natural course of justice" will prevail.

WoW players are beating Mythic+ dungeons at a rapid pace, and it's raising fears about difficulty
By Harvey Randall published
News Dungeons, no drag-ons.

Crimson Desert voice actor says he had to keep pushing to get a cohesive story for Kliff
By Harvey Randall published
News "I kept just saying 'yes, but what is happening?!'"

WoW to get an official pride event, based on a community run that's raised money for 12 years
By Harvey Randall published
News We be runnin', mon.

Discussion: Is it okay for an MMO expansion's launch to be buggy?
By Harvey Randall published
LAUNCH DAY How many bugs is too many?

Astarion's actor from Baldur's Gate 3 has dodged similar roles: 'Repetition breeds stagnation'
By Harvey Randall published
News "They kinda want the Astarion thing."

'There are no leaks', says Stardew Valley creator, taking a hammer to the rumour mill
By Harvey Randall published
News Also, you don't have to worry about marriage candidates getting hitched.

Final Fantasy 14's Japanese age rating gets a bump, and it's all because of screenshots
By Harvey Randall published
News Square Enix has adjusted the rating "to maintain the freedom of Group Pose."

World of Warcraft: Midnight review: A brilliantly strong start with a few dents to buff out.
By Harvey Randall published
MORE THAN MID Gorgeous, ambitious, and messy—but far from a dark night of the soul.

WoW player finds out it costs 25 gold more for them per dungeon to use their mitigation
By Harvey Randall published
News Pay to play.

Tekken 8 devs promise better after latest patch, but fans are in full doom mode
By Harvey Randall published
News "It might genuinely be over."
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