Steven Messner
With over 7 years of experience with in-depth feature reporting, Steven's mission is to chronicle the fascinating ways that games intersect our lives. Whether it's colossal in-game wars in an MMO, or long-haul truckers who turn to games to protect them from the loneliness of the open road, Steven tries to unearth PC gaming's greatest untold stories. His love of PC gaming started extremely early. Without money to spend, he spent an entire day watching the progress bar on a 25mb download of the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 demo that he then played for at least a hundred hours. It was a good demo.
Latest articles by Steven Messner
Everything you need to know about WoW: Shadowlands Season 1
By Steven Messner published
Raid ready A quick overview of the Castle Nathria raid, new Mythic+ affixes, and PvP rewards.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands review
By Steven Messner published
Devil's advocate Shadowlands might not spark a new golden age for WoW, but it's still pretty fun.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' coolest new mount is breaking my heart
By Steven Messner published
Poor Blanchy Blanchy deserved so much better.
Cyberpunk 2077 meets World of Warcraft in this incredible fan-made crossover
By Steven Messner published
News YouTuber Duren recreates one of Cyberpunk 2077's most memorable trailers using World of Warcraft graphics.
Grab this great SteelSeries headset with DAC for just $176
By Steven Messner published
The Arctic Pro with GameDAC is one of the better Cyber Monday PC gaming deals we've seen.
Avoid getting stuck in WoW: Shadowlands' login queue by logging in right now
By Steven Messner published
News Blizzard won't be taking servers offline to launch Shadowlands, so you can stay logged in and start playing right when it release.
Here's how to hit max level in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands in under 6 hours
By Steven Messner published
News World of Warcraft's speedrunning guru has created a handy guide for reaching max level in record time.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands: Release date, Covenants, pre-patch, and everything we know
By Steven Messner published
Death rules All the details on World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' new zones, features, and changes coming to WoW next year.
World of Warcraft releases amazing set of lo-fi beats to relax/study to
By Steven Messner published
News Because even heroes need some good songs to play while they chill.
Genshin Impact Resin guide: How it works and how to get more
By Steven Messner published
Guide An overview of Genshin Impact Resin, how it works, and how to best spend it.
Where to find every Animus Anomaly in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
By Steven Messner published
Anomaly Detected The Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Animus Anomalies are one of its most esoteric and wild secrets, here’s how to find them all.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Lost Drengr guide: Where to find all six Lost Drengr and how to kill them
By Steven Messner published
Deathmatch Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s six Lost Drengr are some exceptionally tough boss battles, but our guide will show you how to beat each one.
Genshin Impact Unreconciled Stars guide: Meteorite locations, quests, and tips
By Steven Messner published
Starfall The Genshin Impact Unreconciled Stars event is now live, and our guide will give you all the tips to help you collect its excellent rewards.
Amazing Cultivation Simulator is a Rimworld-style sim has already sold 700,000 copies in China, and now it's getting an English release
By Steven Messner published
News Inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, Amazing Cultivation Simulator is a management sim set in ancient China.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Ubisoft's biggest PC game launch ever
By Steven Messner published
News Viking go brrr.
Genshin Impact's grind takes a lot of the joy out of getting new characters
By Steven Messner published
Benched Leveling new characters feel like all grind and no play.
DXRacer Master gaming chair review
By Steven Messner published
Luxurious Svelte and sturdy, the DXRacer Master is a luxurious gaming chair with a price to match.
Should you gamble on Genshin Impact's Farewell of Snezhnaya Banner?
By Steven Messner published
Wishlist Genshin Impact's Farewell of Snezhnaya Banner introduces two new heroes, Childe and Diona. But are they worth it?
Zombies are invading World of Warcraft in a special pre-expansion event
By Steven Messner published
news Become a zombie and infect other players, earn rewards, and get ready for the launch of Shadowlands.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla review
By Steven Messner published
Skål! Valhalla is Ubisoft's best Assassin's Creed to date.
Genshin Impact is getting even more improvements to its contentious Resin system
By Steven Messner published
News Developer MiHoYo said it is "aware of the feedback" and working toward a solution.
Genshin Impact's new trailer teases four new characters and the climactic end of its first chapter
By Steven Messner published
News MiHoYo also reveals more details about what's to come when update 1.1 launches on November 11.
16 years later, World of Warcraft players finally found Mankrik's wife—in hell
By Steven Messner published
News One of Warcraft's longest-running jokes finally has a proper conclusion.
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