Articles by Hayden Dingman
The best gaming headsets: Reviews and buying advice
We pick the best wireless headsets and the best overall headset for your PC gaming pleasure.
Best gaming mice: Find your perfect match
We put a small herd of gaming mice through their paces so you can find the best mouse for your needs.
The best games of this generation
With the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 just around the corner, we look back on the PC games that defined this generation.
Antlion ModMic Wireless review: One step closer to the ideal ModMic
Ditching the cable makes installing the headset-agnostic ModMic Wireless a cinch compared to its predecessors, though middling battery life and diminished audio quality are the necessary trade-offs.
HyperX Cloud Flight S review: An improvement, even if Qi charging still fails to impress
New programmable buttons and a refined look elevate the Cloud Flight S over its predecessor, but the industry's continued love affair with slow and finicky Qi charging is baffling.
Razer Blade Stealth (2020) review: A tiny gaming laptop with a big price
The 13-inch Razer Blade Stealth is both a fantastic work machine and a solid gaming machine—but it costs more than comparable models in both categories.
Ubisoft Forward shows off Far Cry 6, Watch Dogs Legion, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and Hyper Scape
Ubisoft stuck to the hits for its not-E3 event, revealing more details about Watch Dogs Legion, Far Cry 6, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Watch Dogs Legion hands-on preview: There’s no other game like it
Our second hands-on with Watch Dogs Legion proves it will live or die by its play-as-any-character system—though its police state story feels pretty timely as well.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla hands-on preview: More natural, more serious, more vikings
We spent three hours with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and dare we say it? It kind of reminds us of Assassin's Creed III.
The best PC games of 2020 (so far)
Kentucky Route Zero, Assemble With Care, Desperados III, and yes, a new Half-Life game—we've put together our list of favorite PC games at the 2020's halfway mark.
Townscaper impressions: Build picturesque fishing villages with no direction and no drama
Released in Early Access on Tuesday, Townscaper is a radical new "city" builder with no goals or objectives or limits. It merely asks you to build because you're passionate about building.
The Steam Summer Sale starts with deals on Borderlands 3, Assassin’s Creed and more
Apparently it's summer outside? With no end to isolation in sight, pick up some games to keep you company for the next few months—on the cheap.
Latest Cyberpunk 2077 footage shows off a ‘braindance’ and more of the prologue
The debut Night City Wire event was brief, but a new trailer and a glimpse of Cyberpunk 2077's detective mode-esque "braindance" system took top billing.
The Oculus Go is dead, and virtual reality is better for it
The death of the entry-level Oculus Go headset on Tuesday was as unexpected as it was overdue, nailing shut the coffin that closed when Quest released last year. Farewell, and may nobody accidentally buy Go while looking for Quest again.
New Marvel’s Avengers gameplay tease shows Thor hammering robots, supervillian MODOK
The debut "War Table" stream showed off a new mission, new faces, and MODOK, but Crystal Dynamics's Avengers brawler still doesn't demo as well as you'd expect.
Best gaming keyboards: Our picks for the top budget, mid-tier, and RGB boards
We sifted through the latest and greatest mechanical keyboards to come up with our top recommendations.
HyperX Alloy Origins review: Same keyboard, new switches, new name
Another custom-built keyboard switch joins the fray. The HyperX Alloy Origins is near-identical to its Alloy FPS RGB sibling, but with HyperX's new Aqua and Red switches under the hood.
15 must-try demos from the Steam Summer Game Festival
With over 900 demos available, it can be hard to know where to start. Let us point you in the right direction.