
Jess Kinghorn
Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.
Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

This $40 electric screwdriver is a must-have for fixing tech on the go, or putting together your next PC build in style
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Upgrade your desktop AND your tool kit.

Redditor handcrafts retrofuturistic set up that wouldn't look out of place on the set of Alien, with precisely zero 3D printing involved
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Partying like it's 1979.

Trump's AI czar echoes Jen-Hsun, says China's AI models are 'maybe three to six months' behind the US—while also arguing for ever fewer AI regulations in the US
By Jess Kinghorn published
News AI anxieties laid bare.

The Switch 2 has already sold 3.5 million units, making it Nintendo's fastest selling console yet—but I'm struggling to feel enthusiastic about this hardware launch
By Jess Kinghorn published
News More of the same but at what cost?

After beating Elden Ring Nightreign's bosses with 'mind control,' Twitch streamer PerriKaryal may turn her big brain to Nintendo next
By Jess Kinghorn published
News If she can beat Malenia with just the power of thought, then maybe I can one day learn to parry.

This one-of-a-kind GPU is actually an entire prebuilt PC in disguise—with a memorable codename and everything
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Double-oh-trouble.

'Sheer practice and willpower': Real-life telekinetic heroine PerriKaryal beat Elden Ring's bosses by thinking about a cricket jumping and twitching her inner ear, and Nightreign is next
By Jess Kinghorn published
Mind games Everyone plays games 'with their brain' but definitely not like this.

For only $20 more than a Nintendo Switch 2, you can get a more powerful gaming handheld with detachable controllers, and a bigger screen—that's also a PC
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Wake me up when the Nintendo Switch 2 has Baldur's Gate 3.

OpenAI removes incredibly grim, previously recommended chatbot suggesting invasive surgeries to men it deems 'subhuman'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I cannot stress this enough: the chatbot knows less than nothing.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the Switch 2 features 'the most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device' and I'm once again here to say 'um, actually'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News ing the time as I wait for my own pre-order to arrive.

Apparently there's going to be a Sam Altman movie about his Lazarus-like career stumble, which I'm sure I'll reluctantly watch on a plane at some point
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Who am I kidding? If Luca Guadagnino directs, I will absolutely be seated in the cinema.

I just found out there's a server tossing championship, and it makes me want to try yeeting my own PC down the road
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I hated Phys Ed as a kid—but I'm sure I would have changed my tune if the curriculum included server tossing.

Linux enjoys a small usage uptick with Steam s, though at 2.69% it still has a long way to go to topple Windows
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Hey, at least that's fewer folks on Windows 10.

Our favorite 8 TB NVMe SSD is now cheaper than picking up two 4 TB drives, at only ¢7 per gigabyte
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal How else are you going to play all of those hot-hot-hot RPGs?

Is it a chair? Is it a PC? Actually, this stealth PC build is both—and probably very toasty
By Jess Kinghorn published
News That's one way to save on heating bills this winter.

GeForce Now finally gets a native app for the Steam Deck, solving what was our biggest complaint with the streaming service on Valve's plucky handheld
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Yet another streaming subscription service to nibble at your monthly budgets.

Texas Senate to vote on bill that restricts social media access for children, while parental consent for app s will be required from next year
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The curse of 'being a teenager' to become all the more mortifying in the state of Texas.

Windows pack-in classic Space Cadet Pinball has been unofficially ported to Android devices—and it's free
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I can hear that nostalgic pinball table revving now.

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless headset is now at the best price I've seen at only $229
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal But will it improve my parry-game?

Tryx's new AIO cooler features two LCD screens and a display shelf, because it's Computex
By Jess Kinghorn published
Computex Not the anime figure overflow solution I quite had in mind.

This incredible Monster Hunter Wilds PC custom build has something your rig definitely doesn't: an RTX 5070 Ti GPU sword
By Jess Kinghorn published
Computex Powerful in every sense.

It's been on sale for 3 years, but the HyperX Cloud Alpha is still the best wireless headset and its got itself a Memorial Day discount
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal It's only ever been $10 cheaper by my reckoning.

Havn's Doom special edition PC case offers not one, but two sets of hollowed eye sockets to judge you while you game
By Jess Kinghorn published
Computex If it's not your own, give back the bone.
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