James Archer
Hardware Editor
James had previously hung around beneath the RPS treehouse as a freelancer, before being told to drop the pine cones and climb up to become hardware editor. He has over a decade’s experience in testing/writing about tech and games, something you can probably tell from his hairline.
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The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 21: PC Gaming Podcast Simulator 2023
Wait, is it still about PC gaming if sims aren’t games
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Our 22 favourite games of 2023 so far
Come and see the current contenders for this year's Advent Calendar
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Best gaming monitors: the top 144Hz, 240Hz and 4K HDR displays
All the best monitors for gaming, including budget, HDR, and ultrawide displays
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Best gaming keyboards: the top mechanical and wireless keyboards for gaming
Our favourite gaming keyboard picks for all budgets
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Best gaming mouse: the top wired and wireless mice for gaming
Our tried and tested gaming mouse picks
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Funday Games on how a beer with a friend spawned Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Spinoff devs speak on unlikely origins and recutting a co-op gem
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Deals: Amazon Prime Day 2023: what to expect and how to get the best PC gaming deals
Get primed for Prime Day
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The best Steam Deck accessories 2023
Cases, docks, and many more top-quality extras for your Steam Deck
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14 Steam Next Fest demos you should absolutely check out this June
Some curated demo highlights to kick off this latest Steam Next Fest
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Our favourite games from not-E3 2023
Team RPS chats about the best bits from Geoff's Endless Summer Of Gaming
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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is already mere pickaxe strokes from striking autoshooter gold
It needs more time in the forge, but the makings of a rock-solid Vampire Survivors-like are here
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The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 20: the best of Summer Game Fest
Also the best dwarf games, apparently
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Intel’s Core rebranding exercise offers a glimpse at Meteor Lake CPU specs
Like Goro Majima, they’re losing an i
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The Last of Us Part I, former Steam Deck reject, gets Steam Deck Verified
Latest patch includes major PC performance help
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Here are all the confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games so far
Got a good GPU? Treat yourself to ray tracing, DLSS, or both
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Starfield’s system requirements are up, wants a GTX 1070 Ti and 125GB SSD space at minimum
A galaxy is big, turns out
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The best microSD cards for the Steam Deck
Expand your Steam Deck’s storage with these tried-and-tested cards
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Xbox Games Showcase 2023 and Starfield Direct liveblog
All the latest from Microsoft and Bethesda’s NotE3 shows
