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Phil Hayton

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Phil Hayton’s Biography

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Phil is the hardware editor at GamesRadar+ who specializes in retro game consoles and handhelds. Over the course of their career as a games journalist and critic, they have contributed to the BBC, The Daily Star UK newspaper, PCGamesN, GameByte, TechRadar, and various other publications. They've also playtested and mock reviewed numerous big releases during development and provided developers and publishers with expert advice.

Phil Hayton’s Journalist Portfolio

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Gamebyte

Gamebyte

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Phil Hayton

Phil Hayton

My work for The Daily Star UK

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PCGamesN

PCGamesN

My work on PCGamesN

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Evercade Review

Evercade Review

A review of the Evercade for the Daily Star UK's STAR TECH Pullout

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BBC - The Social, Scotland, 3 RETRO HANDHELD CONSOLES YOU'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT

BBC - The Social, Scotland, 3 RETRO HANDHELD CONSOLES YOU'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT

Phil Hayton takes a look at three handheld consoles from the 90s that you've probably forgotten about. Gaming…

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TechRadar

TechRadar

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ASRock showed off a Taichi 10th Anniversary RX 9070 XT graphics card and components that it apparently isn't planning on actually releasing, and that's just plain weird

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Conceptual ASRock Taichi 10th anniversary RX 9070 XT graphics card with mirrored gold backdrop. It feels like the PC gaming hardware scene just keeps getting weirder. I mean, I'm not exactly sure why a brand like ASRock would show off a bunch of Taichi 10th Anniversary components, including an RX 9070 XT graphics card, only to reveal that it's not planning on releasing them. What? Don't get me wrong, I get the idea of making conceptual designs to celebrate events.
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No, you can't build your own Steam Machine, but you can cry trying

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Back view of Steam Machine with Valve logo on fan and ports at bottom with SteamOS dot wallpaper in backdrop. The internet at large seems to think you can build your own Steam Machine. I hate to burst your budget PC bubble, but that's not actually true, and any attempts to do so will simply result in you assembling a rig that's substantially larger, not quite as sleek, and more like a traditional desktop than a console rival.
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ASRock showed off a Taichi 10th Anniversary RX 9070 XT graphics card and components that it apparently isn't planning on actually releasing, and that's just plain weird

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By Phil Hayton Verified
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It feels like the PC gaming hardware scene just keeps getting weirder. I mean, I'm not exactly sure why a brand like ASRock would show off a bunch of Taichi 10th Anniversary components, including an RX 9070 XT graphics card, only to reveal that it's not planning on releasing them. What? Don't get me wrong, I get the idea of making conceptual designs to celebrate events.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for my own site, That's Not Current sparked off my career, however my first freelance gig was with TechRadar,

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yeah

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