Mollie Taylor
Mollie spent her early childhood deeply invested in games like Killer Instinct, Toontown and Audition Online, which continue to form the pillars of her personality today. She joined PC Gamer in 2020 as a news writer and now lends her expertise to write a wealth of features, guides and reviews with a dash of chaos. She can often be found causing mischief in Final Fantasy 14, using those experiences to write neat things about her favourite MMO. When she's not staring at her bunny girl she can be found sweating out rhythm games, pretending to be good at fighting games or spending far too much money at her local arcade.
Latest articles by Mollie Taylor
![discord best settings and tips](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6LkM86tSWeStFbousJKWbe-320-80.jpg)
Discord is becoming that overbearing friend that knows absolutely way too much about my life
By Mollie Taylor published
Cut the 'cord Surely you don't need to know how long it's been since I last played Overwatch 2.
![A healer looks mournfully towards the camera, hand outstretched, as she topples into the bowels of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft in Final Fantasy 14.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Pw58449AHyKPiUKqn7WxNE-320-80.png)
Great moments in PC gaming: Successfully pulling off the ultimate healer limit break in Final Fantasy 14
By Mollie Taylor published
Rez-olution A lovely bit of power fantasy.
![Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3tmBmRkC6GHqi84BbjxVL9-320-80.jpg)
Ex-Blizzard president has rather boldly called Sony's potential FromSoftware scoop 'probably a top 2 acquisition in videogames in the last 15+ years if not ever'
By Mollie Taylor published
news "The only thing bigger would be buying Valve or Nintendo."
![A smudged joker face](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QtRzNv6ugRsodDifzvxWUm-320-80.jpg)
Balatro's mobile release has managed the almost impossible task of knocking Minecraft from its long-maintained top spot on the charts
By Mollie Taylor published
news The power of Jimbo!
![Inzoi - A Zoi with blonde hair and blue eyes wears a cardigan and smiles in a gaming room](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h8K7SzkbJfrayrDZhRdS9a-320-80.jpg)
Inzoi's delay into 2025 has officially dashed all hope of this being the year of the Sims killers… what the hell happened?
By Mollie Taylor published
One life The Sims continues to hold a monopoly over the genre despite everyone very much wanting the opposite.
![Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rvu7mvPKLi2Sh5idG43C9B-320-80.jpg)
Sony is rumoured to be snapping up FromSoftware's parent company in the industry's ongoing mission to be consolidated to hell and back
By Mollie Taylor published
news A deal could be secured within weeks, according to a source.
![An image of a card from Balatro denoting its 1 million sales.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kJNvcKbiFaUiueq24jjyHd-320-80.png)
All Balatro's creator wants to do after the game received 5 nominations at the Game Awards is praise other overlooked developers: 'We all know how hard this industry can be and help each other when we can'
By Mollie Taylor published
news "I feel like my game just happens to be the current face of this beautiful and passionate corner of the industry."
![Fields of Mistria art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eFrMt7WxabiiMjbhH8GRsE-320-80.jpg)
Sailor Moon-vibed farming sim Fields of Mistria gets its first major patch and finally lets me lay down some romantic groundwork for my spouse-to-be
By Mollie Taylor published
news Juniper doesn't know it yet, but that's wifey right there.
![Alleria, an elf touched by the void, stands proud among the ruins of a familiar city in World of Warcraft: The War Within.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rrb82hqjkMTWKXMHgU7xW3-320-80.png)
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.
![Celestia Ludenberg in her gothic lolita outfit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AYh7PAqKanx27wuHn3dNuS-320-80.jpg)
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.
![A blonde Nikki observes a miniature game alongside cat Momo.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZJsfYadhgJtBddqcTBoKQ9-320-80.jpg)
Infinity Nikki is releasing next month in all its dress-up Genshin Impact glory
By Mollie Taylor published
News Put on your best outfits and get ready to duke it out in Miraland, fashionably.
![A heaping pile of dirty trinkets lay waste to a once tidy workbench.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wZx6daUW6wxwxcJg7yF6PN-320-80.jpg)
Trash Goblin is a cosy shopkeeping game all about amassing giant hoards of dirty trinkets and hoping an adventurer will come by needing at least one of them
By Mollie Taylor published
Trashing the place My workbench is 95% bedpans at this point.
![Basilio smiles with open arms in Metaphor: ReFantazio.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hm8etPb5cDDQRpKJ3fuz9o-320-80.jpg)
If there's one thing I implore you to do in Metaphor: ReFantazio, it's to play the game in English
By Mollie Taylor published
Hear my voice A game I already liked became one I loved thanks to its English cast.
![Pictomancer in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LjygDAmdrK4LTrizKQyQBX-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14's latest patch gives one of Dawntrail's most critically panned scenes a do-over
By Mollie Taylor published
News A new Speen.
![The Phantom Thieves at school.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vRaAhHfFwDPxAaY6EJbGyT-320-80.jpg)
It only took 8 years and an orchestral jazz cover but one of the funkiest Persona 5 songs finally got nominated for a Grammy
By Mollie Taylor published
News I bet you never saw it coming.
![A character wearing a metal helmet and white shirt harvests crops](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6iArKLfvzY9e65ji6eMnJk-320-80.jpg)
I tried to live out my cosy medieval peasant fantasy in Mirthwood but kept dying from starvation and bandit attacks
By Mollie Taylor published
Mirthwood has great vibes that are hampered by some majorly frustrating gameplay mechanics.
![A Viera reading off a piece of paper in Final Fantasy 14. She looks perplexed or displeased.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rx2xhMMsF6TzjC6n8DZFMF-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14's upcoming patch promises improved 'character toe detail' across 118 footwear items
By Mollie Taylor published
news Who let the dogs out?
![Monster Hunter Wilds screen - guy with a huge sword about to whack a monster with a huge tongue](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NXkyqkyybTaAgurEPopcyT-320-80.jpg)
Monster Hunter Wilds' low-poly beasts have been lovingly adopted by fans nicknaming them 'origami monsters'
By Mollie Taylor published
News We love our folded friends.
![Balatro](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E96WR4A6L6LMN4ApdsC3iE-320-80.jpg)
Balatro was only supposed to have 120 jokers but 'instead of correcting' a publisher mistake, LocalThunk 'just made 30 more' of them
By Mollie Taylor published
NEWS Honestly, what a mood.
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Stardew Valley creator has bested his own cursed minigame to snag 100% achievement completion on Steam
By Mollie Taylor published
"The dev gave me a pat on the back".
![Life is Strange: Double Exposure](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5rZH5XMsFw8HNHVrssrwbA-320-80.png)
Life is Strange: Double Exposure review: Retreading old ground aplenty to the detriment of its newer, more interesting concepts
By Mollie Taylor published
Picture this It's a game I enjoyed, but I'm not sure it's a game I needed.
![The Sims 4 Life and Death preview](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZDoDCvraikKULFjyEKoqei-320-80.jpg)
The Sims 4: Life and Death may actually be the expansion to get the game back in my good graces
By Mollie Taylor published
Drop dead fun The latest expansion pack makes dying pretty cool.
![The Sims 4 - The Grim Reaper stands in a room that is on fire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X2kx9eP3FkCatD4sq9uK6G-320-80.jpg)
The Sims 4 is adding—no, I'm not kidding—customizable grieving styles, the ability to finally bone the Grim Reaper, and changes ghost needs to important things like 'Goo Waste'
By Mollie Taylor published
news What more could you need?
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