Latest articles by Harvey Randall
I just beat Silksong's Act 3, and I'm not just thrilled the game was hard—I'm glad it was mean to me, too
HARD SHELL Bench (im)press.
Ananta says hey, we can do a Spider-Man/Yakuza/Sifu/Batman: Arkham/GTA—but we'll put an anime bunny girl in our one
News Oops! All open worlds.
Borderlands 4 player finds bugged interaction that can cause 'Total Existence Failure' damage to endgame bosses without a proper build—and no legendary items or crit knives to be seen
News Oof.
Silksong's new patch delivers bug fixes and a soft nerf to everyone's beloved Cogfly—plus a vow to fix the awful Simplified Chinese translation with 'A new script, by a well-regarded team' in 3-4 weeks
News No more Wuxia.
Borderlands 4 is focusing on buffs, not nerfs—opting to 'start with underperforming gear/skills first' rather than its infinite-bleed god-knife
News Number go up, not down.
Fortnite will soon let creators earn money peddling items straight from their islands, throws a tomato at Roblox by comparing cuts for good measure
News My value from sales could beat up your value from sales!
I am so terribly glad I've learned you can easily reset all your cooldowns in Borderlands 4 before starting my shotgun grind
News About to farm a lego? Pay ol' Zed a visit, first.
Critical Role's new D&D campaign trailer has given me unshakable faith that whatever Brennan Lee Mulligan does with his galaxy brain and 13 players is going to be great
News I have complete and unshakable faith.
Borderlands 4 review: A slice of looter-shooter heaven trapped in UI hell
GUNS OUT True looter-shooter greatness in a messy package.
In the 16 years I've played this series, Borderlands 4 is the first entry that's made me want to do post-game grinding—Gearbox just needs to fix its dang Wildcard Missions first
GRINDSET MINDSET I've got that quest fever.
Don't get stuck grinding in Borderlands 4's version of the Hinterlands—in fact, you're screwing yourself out of EXP if you try to do every sidequest before beating the main campaign
DON'T GRIND Bank that EXP for a rainy day.
Is Borderlands 4 the series at 'its most potent', or 'uninspired' and 'painfully dull'? The PC Gamer team is divided
LANDS APART Five members of the team weigh in with their thoughts so far.
Help! I've been transported back in time to the days of Flash, Miniclip, and Adventure Quest by this charming little '90s-inspired RPG
News Heroes of the Seven Islands is a lovely nostalgia trip.
Swen Vincke had to tell Baldur's Gate 3 writers to tone it down with the poop-based insults, which is saying a lot, since I still count at least 17 scat-based Vicious Mockery voicelines
News "Less poo, more Shakespeare."
You can make Silksong's terrible Bilewater boss 100 times easier by simply surrendering yourself to the maggot bath
OH, WORM? If you can't beat Groal the Great, join him in the muck.
9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you
Same 'vainia If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.
I'm ranking every Borderlands game ahead of BL4's release from worst to best, because the people love their lists and I'm here to provide
BORDER-RANKED 87 bazillion opinions.
I nearly gave myself blisters playing Silksong, so I've taken a break to be a mail delivery turnip with a 'big juicy bum'
News Letters to Arralla arrives next week.
If you can't wait for the new Borderlands, I genuinely recommend BL3's solid DLC campaigns—which aren't nearly as obnoxious as the base game
BOR-DLC-LANDS Rickety foundations, but a solid build on top of 'em.
Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P says the long-awaited job redesign will change things, but also won't—which doesn't clear much of anything up
News "Players who already like the way things are can feel at ease."
Upcoming Silksong patch will make the early game easier and the mid-game cheaper—nerfing 2 bosses and shoring up its stingy rosary economy
News The economy's in shaw-mbles.
Working out how to fix the Sinner's Road bench in Hollow Knight: Silksong has convinced me that Team Cherry just doesn't want me to sit down anywhere
NO REST Sinful sitting.
If you're having trouble with Silksong's difficulty, keep going—Act 2 is worth the pain, and it does get 'easier'
SOW, REAP The only way is up.
