Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.
When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).
His lasting legacy on this earth may be using WASD wrong for his entire life.
Latest articles by Wes Fenlon

I don't understand how Final Fantasy 14 can do a crossover with acclaimed anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and I'm scared to find out
By Wes Fenlon published
Get in the DPS queue, Shinji.

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon last updated
Free keys An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

The best co-op games to drag your pals into
By Harvey Randall last updated
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.

The best Steam Deck games
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Steam On The games everyone should have installed on Valve's gaming handheld.

Everything you need to know about the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake
By Lauren Morton published
Back in Black Ubisoft has rebuilt Black Flag "from the ground up" with a combat overhaul and stealth improvements but the same classic story.

15 years ago, anyone could send PC Gamer magazine text messages. We got some weird ones
By Wes Fenlon published
Spk Ur Mnd "Finally, an excuse to wear a dressing gown and chase down peasants with cavalry."

At least there's one tech company making me feel sane in an increasingly insane world
By Wes Fenlon published
Not AI In the AI era, the upgradeable computer is now a subtle act of rebellion.

'60% of the script stayed the same': ryukishi07's was on the money for Silent Hill f, the only problem was that some ideas were too big for the budget
By Elie Gould published
News And then one billion Kashimashi came crashing down through the roof.

Silent Hill f's director believes 'I am not qualified to tell you how women should feel' and instead relied on female devs for insights to Hinako's fears
By Elie Gould published
News "The most I can do is to talk to people and get feedback."

Some takes don't age: Back in 2009, a creative director warned about the risks of 'obsessively self-referencing' existing hit games
By Wes Fenlon published
📖🎤 Paul Barnett was in charge of beloved MMO Warhammer Online, and is now the chief creative officer at Wargaming.

Silent Hill f's director 'didn't have a good night's sleep' the whole way through the game's production
By Elie Gould published
News That's what launch pressure does to a mf.

Windrose developers ask players if they 'happen to know someone at a major ISP' who can help diagnose online co-op issues
By Wes Fenlon published
News "To be completely transparent, we’re still trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong here."

Windrose doesn't have admin commands, but here's how to customize a Windrose dedicated server
By Wes Fenlon published
Connect 4 These are the options you do have to customize your own co-op Windrose server.

After 4 hours of pirate survival in Windrose, I'm reinstalling Sea of Thieves
By Wes Fenlon published
I won't survive Pirates? Great. Survival? Ehhhh.

Baby Steps developer react video goes off the rails into hilarious meta-commentary about fake reactions and 'Herzogian ecstatic truth'
By Wes Fenlon published
News "Imagine you've just watched this, which you have. How would you react if you were reacting maximally truthfully?"

Far Cry 2 review: 'I’m simply unable to go back to straight and simple first-person shooters'
By Tim Edwards published
Archive Review Savannah hosanna.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse developers are trying really, really hard to make sure you know it's a metroidvania without using the word 'metroidvania'
By Wes Fenlon published
News What is a genre, anyway, but a miserable pile of references.

'Everybody should play every fighting game' says Invincible VS director: 'They're just fun'
By Wes Fenlon published
Video You heard the man.

28 years after the final Intel 486 desktop CPUs rolled off assembly lines, Linux is finally dropping support for it
By Wes Fenlon published
News Rest now, i486. You did good.

Zelda: Twilight Princess PC port inches closer to release with new showcase video—and modders have already added Linkle into the game
By Wes Fenlon published
News That's the most important feature taken care of, then.

PlayStation 3 emulator gets shiny new UI for handheld PCs like the Steam Deck
By Wes Fenlon published
News RPCS3's latest update makes it much easier to tweak settings while in-game.

Italian television channel does DLSS 5 haters a favor by broadcasting footage from reveal trailer, then copyright striking Nvidia's own YouTube channel
By Wes Fenlon published
That's a spicy DLSSaball.

The best tool for playing obscure old PC games now supports the sublime FMV cheese of Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars and a Lovecraftian adventure one YouTuber scored a 'terribly low 2/10'
By Wes Fenlon published
News You've got to be morbidly curious now, right?
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