Katie Wickens
Screw sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it. Having been obsessed with computers and graphics for three long decades, she took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni, and has been rambling about games, tech and science—rather sarcastically—for four years since. She can be found admiring technological advancements, scrambling for scintillating Raspberry Pi projects, preaching cybersecurity awareness, sighing over semiconductors, and gawping at the latest GPU upgrades. Right now she's waiting patiently for her chance to upload her consciousness into the cloud.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens
![mark zuckerburg addressing the camera, blued](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kxLjqsDMrmgkBmtKR5vh4o-320-80.jpg)
Zuck points out that every Apple Vision Pro VR demo 'was a person sitting on a couch by themself'
By Katie Wickens published
news Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerburg, makes it clear that 'There’s a real philosophical difference' in how his company approaches VR.
![Fantasy map design, worldbuilding in map form.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HCWxwZKCJ2uGwJp3AVLicH-320-80.jpg)
Building D&D settings is so much less stressful with these brilliantly clever tabletop games
By Katie Wickens published
Godlike From city builders and culture propagators, to timeline generators, there's a wealth of worldbuilding games to help you flesh out your D&D homebrew campaign worlds.
![Windows 11's Microsoft Teams Chat feature](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AnqPNxRUyhLj9hwRhzEFSC-320-80.jpg)
Windows 11's Teams Chat bloatware will soon no longer taunt me with its very existence
By Katie Wickens published
news It should be possible to kill Microsoft Teams Chat altogether in the near future, not just toggle it off.
![The Team Group C175 ECO Flash Drive in hand with leaves surrounding it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/STT24HnTmTYK2RXt7CsjF9-320-80.jpg)
Flash drives often end up as e-waste but this eco-friendly one might alleviate some of the guilt
By Katie Wickens published
news TeamGroup's new flash drive gives us a net-zero option when it comes to USB storage.
![MSI's Suprim fan magnetic hubcaps.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gWodVko4AZC8GirYGMWeu8-320-80.jpg)
Hubcaps for PCs are a thing now
By Katie Wickens published
news MSI is bringing the racing style to its PC cooling solutions now, too.
![Some examples of matcha green PC cases.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cuUApfBPnfc2nSsoxgSyCH-320-80.jpg)
I'm practically drowning in matcha green thanks to the pastel PC case trend at Computex
By Katie Wickens published
news The Computex show floor was littered with non black/white PC parts. Here's why the pastel look (green tea in particular) is starting to come alive.
![Computex](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WxUouZs5DcB547mMhiq2eH-320-80.jpg)
Computex 2023: all the biggest stories from the Taiwan tech show
By Dave James last updated
Computex 2023 We're on the ground out in Taipei to give you the lowdown on the biggest show in PC hardware.
![InWins POC in all new purple and pink with liquid cooling support.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BcMQteDC2hn2menePmwP43-320-80.jpg)
Oh heck yeah, these gaudy origami PC cases now come with water cooling support
By Katie Wickens published
news InWin's latest foldable Mini-ITX PC case has support for a 120mm liquid cooling radiator.
![Fractal Design Terra PC case](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gP9oNdvBWJDYjGPcMwnqbW-320-80.jpg)
Fractal Design's gorgeous new Terra PC case vindicates my disdain of the cyberpunk aesthetic
By Katie Wickens published
News More PC cases should be designed with the Scandi aesthetic in mind, if you ask me.
![The Ducky ProjectD outlaw in blue and pink](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XisGxKbCw4MRoKgrmg8BPo-320-80.jpg)
Yeah, I spent my time at Computex stroking a $600 DIY Ducky keyboard, what of it?
By Katie Wickens published
News The Ducky ProjectD Outlaw is made with some seriously high-end materials, just like a Mercedes Benz. Apparently.
![The ThunderX3 core gaming chair range.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YRdabQeKTnz8a9pyGKXkYf-320-80.jpg)
I didn't know I need a gaming chair with a wiggly backrest but now I've tried it, it makes so much sense
By Katie Wickens published
news Having experienced the wonders of the ThunderX3 Core's Lumbar 360 backrest, I'm questioning why it's taken this long to invent
![Hyte THICC Q60 cooler](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LXFC4wsWifAKinoVqdAWnY-320-80.jpg)
Hyte has officially won my best name of Computex prize with the THICC AIO cooler
By Katie Wickens published
news The thickest cooling solution known to man also has it's own processor.
![The Nexus link portal](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aXXNdBfmtGknBA3oVYwTjF-320-80.jpg)
Apparently PC building is about slapping 'brains' on all your components now
By Katie Wickens published
news Corsair and Hyte's upcoming modular control systems are a cable management dream.
![The DGX GH200 super GPU superimposed on a purple background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xThSbwdmR5sspBTnq5ftvZ-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia's massive AI GPU has enough memory to make a gamer weep and even Jensen Huang's wondering 'if this could play Crysis?'
By Katie Wickens published
news Combined into its final form, the encompassing DGX GH200 superserver is "four elephants, one GPU."
![White gaming gear on a purple and orange background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bEKgSNHmnmydJC3YXXwMhH-320-80.png)
When it comes to white PC components, the sun is both your friend and your enemy
By Katie Wickens published
Yellow no no Discolouration of white gaming gear depends on the material, coating, and manufacturing process. Here's what's being done to prevent it.
![Sony's Project Q](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hVpTqw2MfPKsGFuDrKswvQ-320-80.jpg)
Sony's upcoming game streaming handheld looks like someone stretched a Dualsense controller out with a rolling pin
By Katie Wickens published
news Project Q is in the works, but Sony's keeping quiet about the majority of the specs.
![Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2kuUN8RBPqi6eSg5waFfbn-320-80.jpg)
Just one person showed up to buy an RTX 4060 Ti for its late night Akihabara launch
By Katie Wickens published
news Two stores opened late in Japan's Akihabara district for the event, but it's become painfully clear they wasted their money.
![MSI Katana from two angles on a green background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JKuR6phkECnqtALsU3rBSC-320-80.jpg)
Check it, a fully-specced, no-compromise RTX 4060 gaming laptop that's only just over $1,000
By Katie Wickens published
deal This MSI Katana 15 is finally the kind of price you'd have expected from a properly kitted-out RTX 3060 machine just a few months back.
![Winners of the CoolerMaster case mod world series 2020](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/myFXnLG9fsKgQRndtaCaUe-320-80.jpg)
This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
By Katie Wickens published
news Cooler Master just announced the Sneaker X is coming to stores, alongside the Cooling X with liquid-cooling chamber side panels.
![Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive on Nvidia 30-series GPU](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qoRLF8wST23JbX5tfC6hQR-320-80.jpg)
Enough with the cyberpunk aesthetic, bring back retrofuturism
By Katie Wickens published
Cyberslump There are other ways to speculate on philosophy and ethics than just slapping neon all over everything.
![Pico 4 and controllers front on](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Ku6YwqGt8KfWtZu9wP74o-320-80.jpg)
Pico 4 VR headset review
By Katie Wickens published
MMM PANCAKES A really strong contender for the PC and standalone VR throne.
![Nasa's EELS project snake like robot on rough terrain.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M9SUtw5KEw94XsbFnXVG8j-320-80.jpg)
NASA's working on a wiggly snake-like autonomous Rover alternative to 'boldly go where no robot has gone before'
By Katie Wickens published
news I, for one, welcome the era of autonomous, interplanetary snakes.
![The Philips Evnia white peripherals](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HqbSyey8q3Q8Jb2suiftdC-320-80.jpg)
Hands-on test: Philips Evnia gaming peripherals
By Katie Wickens last updated
news Philips let me touch its upcoming gaming accessories in an RGB dungeon, manned by a sassy, dancing robot.
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