James Bentley
James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.
Latest articles by James Bentley

A new AI image generator has popped up without a named creator or any explanation, and it's seemingly already surpassing its competition
By James Bentley published
News A new foe has appeared!

New SteamOS makes Steam Deck a better machine with bug fixes, microSD improvements, and even 'improved battery life by up to 10%' in some situations
By James Bentley published
News It might be time to dust off that handheld.

The most iconic, some would say best version of Windows was released 23 years ago today
By James Bentley published
news Do you remember that blissful wallpaper?

'I was hopeful': one lucky shopper ordered an RTX 4070 Super from Amazon for $40 and it wasn't just a rock in a box
By James Bentley last updated
News What a lucky so-and-so.

A new method to circumvent Windows 11's 'annoying' system requirements just came out
By James Bentley published
News And it works via the Windows Server.

'Nap with incredible ease': Secretlab add-on turns your gaming chair into a recliner for some reason
By James Bentley published
News I don't know why you would nap in a gaming chair.

The good news is you can 3D print your own trackpad. The bad news? It's called the Ploopy
By James Bentley published
If you ever wanted to do that.

Logitech G Pro 2 Lightspeed Review
By James Bentley published
A light refresh Logitech G Pro 2 is a solid technical upgrade that most won't really notice.

Apple is a better PC gaming platform than people give it credit for, but it's still not a gaming platform
By James Bentley published
Apple doesn't fall far Apple gaming is finally starting to bear fruit.

I fed Google's new notebook summarisation feature my article about the potential dangers of AI scraping and it's as creepy and self-aware as you would think
By James Bentley published
News Hearing an AI say "Knowledge is power" is very strange.

'UFO 50 has taken over my life': A fan has built a playable LX computer and plans to sell the blueprints for the parts on Etsy
By James Bentley published
News The game is apparently just that good.

The AI opt-out models Meta, Musk's X, and the UK gov are proposing are simply not a good enough way for us to protect ourselves from data scraping
By James Bentley published
It's a grim future that has opt-out options a-go-go.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 system requirements have been revealed and you won't need a rig upgrade if you can run (all of) last year's COD
By James Bentley last updated
News That new movement system doesn't need equally new specs.

Will AI grow so powerful it can threaten us? Chief Meta scientist says: 'Pardon my French, but that’s complete B.S.' Which is the attitude I would expect from any company with so much skin in the AI game
By James Bentley published
News The worries around AI are about more than its intelligence.

Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux
By James Bentley published
News It will have been supported for just over 10 years.

Pico 4 Ultra VR headset review
By James Bentley published
A solid substitute It may be ultra but it's not the ultimate.

MSI has just dropped a whole host of gorgeously horrible hardware to celebrate Stalker 2's impending release
By James Bentley published
News It's just the right type of grimey, and you get a copy of the game with it.

The new iPhone's beta AI has been summarising breakup texts and we can't figure out if that's taking the sting or the soul out of interpersonal communication
By James Bentley published
News This is just one more reason to break up with someone in person.

Now might be the time to switch from GeForce Experience to the Nvidia App as it finally allows for easy driver rollback
By James Bentley published
News Finally.

Despite being one of the biggest selling points of Apple Intelligence, Apple will not be investing in OpenAI
By James Bentley published
News But Nvidia might.

AI bots are using a 'YOLO' model to beat Captchas in just another way computers are better than you
By James Bentley published
News Are you tired of failing Captchas?

Acer Nitro 14 gaming laptop review
By James Bentley published
Too little, too late AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | RTX 4050 | 16GB LPDDR5X | 500 GB SSD | £1,199 | $1,300 (RTX 4060 version)

'Goodbye Meta AI' is the next major spam chain mail, and no it doesn't stop Facebook scraping your data
By James Bentley published
News Opting out is slightly harder than this.
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