James Davenport
James is stuck in an endless loop, playing the Dark Souls games on repeat until Elden Ring and Silksong set him free. He's a truffle pig for indie horror and weird FPS games too, seeking out games that actively hurt to play. Otherwise he's wandering Austin, identifying mushrooms and doodling grackles.
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Hey, it's a new show! Welcome to This Week in PC Gaming
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VIDEO Everything you need to know for the week ahead, Sundays on PC Gamer.
$3 for one of the wildest-looking shooters ever? Yes, please
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FPS(YCHEDELIC) Post Void is the second coming of Devil Daggers, but with some of the wildest graphics I've seen in an FPS.
PC controls and a wider FOV make Horizon Zero Dawn the game it was meant to be
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wide-eyed Sharper graphics aren't the biggest star of the surprise PlayStation port.
The Skater XL soundtrack is a small but great ode to skating in the '00s
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jam sesh THPS2 captured the '90s, and Skater XL took things from there, just a little late.
Death Stranding relaxed me so hard I became a road-building madman
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road rash And nothing can stop me.
Elden Ring fans are losing it after over a year without an update
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absent ring And I am just as sad as they are.
Jack Black sings a psychedelic tune in the latest Psychonauts 2 trailer
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news Get a glimpse of a new level full of flower power.
A new Forza Motorsport is in development, ray tracing supported
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news Watch the teaser here. You've never seen computer cars this shiny.
Watch us play Hyper Scape in the first PC Gamer Community Twitch stream
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LIVE SHOW Watch us give Ubisoft's new battle royale shooter a spin and meet PC Gamer Community intern Stephanie Ijoma.
Returning to The Cat Lady, one of the best adventure games I've ever played
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Reinstall A game about the tension between despair and hope.
Destiny cookbook imagines a truly alien future food called 'coleslaw'
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colslore Shocking coincidence: coleslaw in the futuristic world of Destiny is the same as regular Earth coleslaw.
An Oregon music festival lives on as a surreal and charming MMO, this weekend only
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news The Oregon Country Fair presses on through cancellation in the time of COVID-19 with a virtual weekend show.
Dark Souls 3's ridiculous gun mod just got even better with Resident Evil 4-style aiming
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New Leondo Or play it in first-person if you're a King's Field fan.
Dark Souls 3 with assault rifles is my new favorite easy mode
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mod Swords are so last epoch.
Mortal Shell hands-on: the best and worst of Souls-likes
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hardened A fascinating grimdark world butts up against difficulty and pacing problems.
Persona 4 Golden mod restores cut Yosuke romance
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news The mod restores a scene based on a cut voice line discovered years ago.
The best deals in the 2020 Steam Summer Sale
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PCG APPROVED A list of the biggest discounts on the newest games, some deep cuts, and a few of our flawed favorites.
We answered a bunch of questions about the Cyberpunk 2077 demo
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podcast This week's podcast is all about the nitty-gritty details from our 4 hours with Cyberpunk 2077.
Hylics 2 feels like a long-lost RPG from the 1970s
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dude what You don't see games like Hylics 2 very often.
Fortnite Season 3 is great, but only if you're playing in the flooded parts of the map
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subterfuge More water, please.
Drifting, engine boosts, and overcharged lasers: How combat works in Star Wars: Squadrons
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news How ship power systems work, how the flight model feels, what sources inspired the combat, and more.
Fortnite Season 3 patch notes: the glorious hunting rifle returns, charge shotgun debuts
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news But the dreaded compact SMG is back, too.
Every JRPG needs Persona 4 Golden's difficulty options
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Flex Persona 4 Golden knows that people like JRPGs for very different reasons.
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