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
![A man wearing a GoPro harness lies on a sofa or bed, playing a Steam Deck. The handheld gaming PC is mounted to the GoPro harness via grip and mount products from Mechanism.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xPuX99NvVRM8nej3V7j7ob-320-80.jpg)
This Steam Deck mount looks silly, but greatly reduces the risk of dropping Valve's handheld on your face while gaming in bed
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Bedtime gaming sees most significant upgrade since hot chocolate and a podcast.
![Two hands are seen playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on a custom Steam Deck. The handheld gaming PC is designed to look like the RPG series' fantastical giant birds, called Chocobos. The handheld gaming PC is covered in yellow fur, and has a crest of yellow feathers plus an orange beak either horizontal side of its screen.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qPDnMVqmhP8Q54RJraNEMR-320-80.jpg)
Square Enix's Chocobo Steam Deck is cute, fluffy, and unfortunately gets in-KWEH-dibly warm
By Jess Kinghorn published
News What's better than winning one Chocobo Steam Deck? Raising money for charity, obviously.
![Promotional image of a generic Snapdragon X Plus chip in a stylized circuit board](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u4w4C8Cb3hWVPdFqYjYHDn-320-80.jpg)
Arm won't keep chasing after Qualcomm on the grounds of licensing shenanigans—but the legal jostling isn't over
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Don't start the 10-count just yet.
![A collection of upturned CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays on a carpeted floor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3hqotdWu96fjNJ7TzD3CmB-320-80.jpg)
Sony winds down manufacturing of recordable blu-rays, leaving a void Verbatim is only too happy to fill
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Dead or Alive.
![AMD Epyc 4th gen server processor on motherboard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w68awHJqqmTTFuZXsUABi6-320-80.jpg)
AMD sees record revenue of $25.8 billion in 2024 thanks to data center growth—gaming last seen tumbling into a ditch
By Jess Kinghorn published
News AI was spotted fleeing the scene.
![The AndaSeat X-Air Pro has been superimposed over the PCG teal deal header. We see the office-meets-gaming chair at a three-quarter angle. The chair is black, but features an ostentatious back plate made of angular plastic. This plastic features a blue-to-purple gradient and really draws attention--in part because the bit on the back of the headrest looks a little bit like a robot face.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/waF8kgUdwbNoXXp37YS2d6-320-80.jpg)
My favorite mesh gaming chair looks like a purple robot—and right now is a discounted purple robot
By Jess Kinghorn published
Pick ya perch Funky, chunky, and now a bit cheaper.
![Edge](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CZxJ49eBSkk5JDkTdeaUk6-320-80.jpg)
Somehow, some way, Edge has over 30% market share in the US on Windows—and has taken share for over 3 years
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Is a big browser throwdown imminent?
![Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card from different angles](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PAyH44t76kADMXqtedRwtk-320-80.jpg)
Japanese hardware chain instantly regrets use of lottery system for RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launch
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Feeling very unlucky.
![Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rhWu44sDqYPTAiiJjUGKsE-320-80.jpg)
Waiting for the launch of Nvidia's RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 is getting in-tents with hopefuls already pitching up outside of Micro Center stores
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Me? I'd rather run around a field with a foam sword.
![AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX photographed with box on a white background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FuJAgCCtgL4KAZrXKnaXRR-320-80.jpg)
Reddit user unearths $850+ RX 7900 XTX from bargain bin, pays about 10 bucks for it, and claims 'it's working'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Talk about a wild (graphics) card.
![Two Razer DeathAdder V3 mice float in a white-bordered teal void. One is wired. One is wireless.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pF56VxVtXkXr4vxEULgwaF-320-80.jpg)
Dual-wielding deals: Get Razer's DeathAdder V3 Pro for $120—or the base model for half that price
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal One gaming mouse deal for each hand.
![A young man runs on the spot in a studio. The set contains a yellow post box, two yellow road signs, a set of traffic lights, and a bicycle haphazardly stren around. The man is wearing the Halliday smart glasses and a green text overlay attempts to artistically demonstrate how the man is using the smart glasses to give him directions while he runs.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TV5X4SyejuBPqRnLwKnUeH-320-80.jpg)
The 'um, actually' guy you know just got infinitely more powerful with these AI glasses
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Correct, but not all right.
![Nvidia RTX 5090](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TTQwUHSiu5etcQWZrxLwQC-320-80.jpg)
Overclockers UK say they have a 'single digit' number of Nvidia's RTX 5090 cards a week before launch
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Save your pennies.
![3D illustration of a grid of black cpus with different IoT symbols, representing a botnet concept](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gEUMCSDZd4nPA9UcnGkhoX-320-80.jpg)
Cloudflare claims to have mitigated biggest DDoS attack on record with requests flying in from 5,500 IP addresses per second
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Nothing strikes fear in my heart quite like the phrase 'hypervolumetric DDoS attack'.
![Actor Adrien Brody (L) and director Brady Corbet (R) attend to "The Brutalist" photocall at Hotel Rosewood Villamagna on January 17, 2025 in Madrid, Spain.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r6i2rPmfoKAT2q7YSMwhjb-320-80.jpg)
Film director clarifies that historical epic The Brutalist did use AI during production, but not how you think
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Screaming from the rooftops.
![The Kuromi Razer collection, including the pointy-eared headset, mouse mat, mouse, and tenkeyless keyboard, is all perched on the seat of a purple and black gaming chair. The chair itself is also Kuromi themed, and it sits on top of a lilac plinth inside of a similarly coloured room.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bgw2pX3JWHwDKmDK5iQKGb-320-80.png)
This is not a drill: The Razer Kuromi collab is finally more widely available, offering a pointy-eared headset, keyboard, mouse, and gaming chair
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Not so much 'My Melody' as 'Ah! My money!'
![The wired version of the HyperX Cloud Alpha gaming headset floats in a teal void. It is an aviation-style headset with generous black padding on the ear cups and headband. It also has a microphone arm. Most of the body of the audio device is black, with the HyperX logo in red on the ear cup closest to the viewer, and red metal attaching the ear cups to the headband. Red stitching attaches the padding to the headband as well.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i9jZLBcdEGnomfHzg3LG3b-320-80.jpg)
Ding ding ding: This is your regular reminder that the HyperX Cloud Alpha is only $80 and still the best wired gaming headset
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Head in the Cloud Alpha.
![Two people wearing the face mask, not complying with social distancing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nC2MRMeLuGJu8BATrA6wwZ-320-80.jpg)
$1 million in refunds are on their way to those who picked up Razer's not-actually-N95 Zephyr mask
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Mask off.
![A close up of the AndaSeat X-Air Pro Mesh Office Gaming Chair. We see the chair from the back, the hefty plastic back frame prominent in the image. The back of the headrest features blue plastic that looks not unlike a robot's faceplate, with two 'ear' antenna-like shapes jutting up from the top of the 'head'.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BEHt9NEtvfjXRi8NtjDZNo-320-80.jpg)
AndaSeat X-Air Pro Mesh Office Gaming Chair review
By Jess Kinghorn published
Get in the robot An office chair with gamer flair, but adjustable comfort is king.
![gotg llama](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LptUYr3jc6ADSc9ztummHE-320-80.jpg)
Blasting AI into the past: Modders get Llama AI working on an old Windows 98 PC
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Though it's hardly a motor-mouth.
![Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o5A7GzTjP8FDfm99b7Kn4A-320-80.jpg)
After fabled RTX 4090 Ti was allegedly dug out of a bin last year, tech testing YouTuber puts Nvidia's prototype GPU through its paces
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Dumpster diving remains no more compelling.
![Nvidia RTX 5070 graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h6fBXn5QvJuWK3xdZyEZxP-320-80.jpg)
Is the new RTX 5070 really as fast as Nvidia's previous flagship RTX 4090 GPU? Turns out the answer is yes. Kinda.
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Saying 'Marvel Rivals' until the words lose all meaning.
![Three of Asus ROG's fourth generation Slash bags float in a blue-magenta gradient void. The backpack, sling bag, and sleeve all feature a black all-over colourway with an indent design on the bottom left corner of each bag that looks a bit like tire tracks.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sDoFGFMXKQQdnGju9ravjh-320-80.jpg)
Asus reveals three new Slash Travel Bags for carting around your ROG Ally—however, none of them are particularly fashion forward
By Jess Kinghorn published
news Heaven or Hell?
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