Jody Macgregor
Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame.
Latest articles by Jody Macgregor
Obsidian's designers discuss how they decide the size of Avowed's environments: 'We don't want to have those empty, meaningless spaces just to have them'
By Jody Macgregor published
News "When you explore Avowed, your exploration, your curiosity, is going to be rewarded."
The Halo campaigns, ranked from worst to best
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Chief Chiefs Our favorite Halo campaigns, from Combat Evolved to Infinite.
Remembering the Corrupted Blood incident: That time WoW was overrun by a virtual plague now referenced by Covid-19 researchers
By Jody Macgregor published
Red Dead A digital plague that had real-world parallels.
Early plans for Half-Life 2 sound wild, including visits to cities like Chicago and LA, several Combine bases, and a sequence where a plane crashed into a skyrise that was cut after 9/11
By Jody Macgregor published
News "You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. And then, go to like three other cities."
Every Warhammer Fantasy game, ranked
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Updated 💀 Chaos never sleeps and neither do I, apparently.
Yakuza/Like a Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi says his studio's new game won't be that big after all: 'it's not modern to have similar experiences repeated over and over again'
By Jody Macgregor published
News "I feel that the era of games where the volume is the selling point is coming to an end."
The best cyberpunk games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
No Future These are the best cyberpunk games you can play on PC.
Nintendo's lawsuit bonanza continues, with streamer EveryGameGuru targeted for being 'a recidivist pirate who has obtained and streamed Nintendo's leaked games on multiple occasions'
By Jody Macgregor published
News The filing also alleges he linked to ROM sites and emulators.
Space Marine 2's latest patch adds a death ray laser pointer
By Jody Macgregor published
News You won't need time to cook with this.
If you spend more time downloading Skyrim mods than actually playing them, 'Vanilla Plus' modding is the excuse you need to dive back in
By Jody Macgregor published
Back To Basic Make Skyrim Special Edition slightly more special—and then stop.
Legally distinct Pokémon and stinky customers: what keeps people coming back to the latest shop sim hit?
By Jody Macgregor published
Big Deck Energy TCG Card Shop Simulator has Overwhelmingly Positive user reviews on Steam, and videos about it have racked up over a million views.
From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
By Mollie Taylor published
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
The best anime games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
UPDATED From great adaptations to games every anime lover should play, here are the best of the best.
The best games you can play offline
By Sarah James last updated
Off-grid No internet? No problem.
Finally, I can be a gross little rat guy in Vermintide 2's 4v4 versus mode, which is out now
By Jody Macgregor published
News It's time to see things from the skaven's point of view—about four feet off the ground.
The best short games on PC
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Short haul Great games you can finish in an evening or two.
The best way to get into Magic: The Gathering is being handed a shoebox of old cards, but the second-best way is Foundations' Starter Collection
By Jody Macgregor published
Plains It's a shoebox in a box.
Tony Todd, the voice of Half-Life 2: Episode 2's vortigaunts and Spider-Man 2's Venom, has died
By Jody Macgregor published
News He was 69 years old.
The Fallout easter egg I want to see in season 2 of the TV show is the Mysterious Stranger
By Jody Macgregor published
Smokeshow A gag about how nobody understands the rules of Caravan wouldn't go astray either.
The six best Dragon Age companions ever
By Robin Valentine published
FRIEND GAME A snarky witch, a beardless dwarf, and a talking statue walk into Ferelden...
The best Dragon Age: Origins mods
By Jody Macgregor published
Cleaned Up If it's your first time or your third replay, you'll need mods to make Dragon Age: Origins playable today.
Every origin in Dragon Age: Origins, ranked
By Jody Macgregor published
Ranked Which one should you choose?
BioWare has no DLC plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, has shifted focus onto Mass Effect
By Jody Macgregor published
News That explains the lack of a season pass.
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