Andy Edser
Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. After spending over 15 years in the production industry overseeing a variety of live and recorded projects, he started writing his own PC hardware blog in the hope that people might send him things. And they did! Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy's been jumping around the world attending product launches and trade shows, all the while reviewing every bit of PC hardware he can get his hands on. You name it, if it's interesting hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.
Latest articles by Andy Edser
This AI tool creates singing, rapping, talking avatars from a single image and even the Mona Lisa isn't safe from spitting bars
By Andy Edser published
news This new AI lip-synching method is so good, it might have us all singing for our supper soon enough.
Honda reckons its Segway-like wheelchair can deliver 'the peaceful feeling of floating in the sky' when paired with VR and isn't just for people with mobility issues
By Andy Edser published
news I've never seen someone quite so happy to be immersed in the wonderful world of VR.
Microsoft confirms DirectSR is the 'missing link', an API designed to ease the introduction of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel upscalers into DirectX games
By Andy Edser published
news It's true what they say, all jobs are easier when you have the right set of tools.
Elon Musk finally says something we can all agree on: No one wants to have to log in with a Microsoft Account on Windows 11
By Andy Edser published
news In other news, birds fall from sky, pig spotted flying past PC Gamer window.
HORI HOTAS Flight Control System & Mount Review
By Andy Edser published
Bumpy Landing Cheap plastics for high prices let down an otherwise decent flight sim experience.
Transparent screens have been turning up at trade shows for years, but I still can't work out why you'd really want one
By Andy Edser published
Complete Transparency Transparent displays might make for a great display piece at a show or commercial venue, but for your regular devices? I'm not convinced.
Researchers have figured out how to hack a wireless charger to fry your phone and heat objects around it to 280°C, so that's just wonderful
By Andy Edser published
news It's the hot new thing! Boo. Boo me.
Think great SSD deals are a thing of the past? We've spotted this speedy Nextorage 1TB drive for $75
By Andy Edser published
deal It's getting thin out there, it's true, but this is a very fast drive with a pretty hefty discount.
Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storage
By Andy Edser published
news You can't keep a good disk down, it seems.
Grocery delivery service Instacart has been using AI to make up impossible recipes and generate images of horrifying and hilarious food
By Andy Edser published
news AI-generated dinner, anyone? Anyone at all?
One of the the largest ransomware outfits in the world has been magnificently trolled by the Swedish police and Europol
By Andy Edser published
news A taste of your own medicine? Why certainly, with extra salt.
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su to deliver the opening keynote at Computex 2024
By Andy Edser published
news Jensen Huang opened the show last year, but this time around it's Dr. Lisa Su's turn to take to the stage.
The Steam Deck gets a 3D printed ergo keyboard dock thanks to some creative modification and a clever clip-on hinged design
By Andy Edser published
News Such a good design in fact, it makes you wonder why Valve never went for it themselves.
AI kill switches have been proposed by several academic institutions to prevent that whole Skynet thing from playing out
By Andy Edser published
news Everyone likes a big red "Emergency Stop" button, don't they?
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) review
By Andy Edser published
Power Brick Intel Core i9 14900HX | RTX 4090 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 2TB SSD | $3,900 | £4,000
AMD's Anti-Lag+ looks to have been rehabilitated after the previous version gave some players a nasty case of the bans
By Andy Edser published
news I don't like to use the word disastrous, but the launch of the first iteration…it didn't go all that well, let's put it that way.
An AI-generated image of a rat with unfeasibly large genitals made it into a peer-reviewed article, along with the caption 'dck'
By Andy Edser published
news Peer-reviewed it may have been, but I get a feeling those peers may have scanned a little too quickly over the images here.
Nightingale's system requirements reveal it offers an upscaler for every GPU but it'll gobble up 70GB of storage space
By Andy Edser published
news It seems like it might be demanding, this new survival game, but luckily the graphics look pretty stunning with it.
Even the US Department of Defence is not immune to data breaches as 20,000 individuals are notified of a Microsoft cloud email leak
By Andy Edser published
news The US government still relies on cloud email servers like the rest of us, and a certain amount of beans appears to have been spilled.
A leaked Lenovo laptop comes with a transparent display and I can't get my head around why anyone would think that's a good idea
By Andy Edser published
news Good news! Now everyone in the departure lounge can read your emails, backwards.
Steelseries Alias Pro microphone review
By Andy Edser published
Sonic Headaches Begone It might be pricey, but the Alias Pro aims to make studio-style recording and streaming easy, and that's no mean feat.
SteelSeries Alias microphone review
By Andy Edser published
Small but Svelte A decent sounding mic in a very compact package, but whether it justifies its price tag might take some serious thought.
An experimental AI wearable recognises objects and tells visually-impaired users details of what they're holding
By Andy Edser published
news AI image recognition and bone-conduction technology unites in the name of accessibility.
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