
Mollie Taylor
Mollie spent her early childhood deeply invested in games like Killer Instinct, Toontown and Audition Online, which continue to form the pillars of her personality today. She joined PC Gamer in 2020 as a news writer and now lends her expertise to write a wealth of features, guides and reviews with a dash of chaos. She can often be found causing mischief in Final Fantasy 14, using those experiences to write neat things about her favourite MMO. When she's not staring at her bunny girl she can be found sweating out rhythm games, pretending to be good at fighting games or spending far too much money at her local arcade.
Latest articles by Mollie Taylor

73-year-old takes the crown in Japan's old-folks-only Tekken 8 tournament, beating out a 93-year-old vet and a sprightly up and comer of 63 years
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I reckon Yoshie Murabe could give Arslan Ash a run for his money.

'I finally managed to make her smile': Umamusume player gives 'the shining star of losers everywhere' her first big win in a race intentionally set up for her to lose
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Haru Urara deserves this.

A game I can only describe as 'gooner Fortnite' has an upcoming closed beta test where you can see your own melons for the ultimate immersion
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news Fate Trigger certainly has its priorities.

'Western players are getting treated like trash': Persona 5: The Phantom X global release is being flooded with negative reviews over alleged worse rewards than its Chinese counterpart
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news Fewer rewards and an accelerated schedule: The gacha global server classic.

Anime horse girls are causing one real-life mare dubbed 'the shining star of losers everywhere' to receive so much $40 grass she broke the donation website
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news Haru Urara's retirement just got a whole lot more green.

'We made it too difficult for players to even get into the raid in the first place': Final Fantasy 14 director admits its latest dungeon was 'a misstep in development'
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Forked Tower's been rocking some disastrous prongs.

Gacha games are bigger than ever before—here are the best you can play right now
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RNGesus Prepare your gems for the best gacha games PC has to offer.

Umamusume's horse girl lore has grown so out of control that its developer has had to put real-life stable etiquette in place
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news Lest we forget horses are very heavy and very sensitive.

Persona 5: The Phantom X review – More of the same, for better or worse
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wonderful Persona 5 surprisingly lends itself to gachafication.

I've decided black and red gaming rigs are mega boring so let me brighten up your setups with some of the best Prime Day deals on monochromatic pinks and purple peripherals instead
By Mollie Taylor published
Prime day Give me all the pinks and purples, and give them to me now!

Not quite girl, not quite horse: The latest gacha craze sweeping Steam is a bizarre idol management game for anime highschool horse girls
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Horsin' around Umamusume: Pretty Derby is just the right amount of spreadsheet simulator mixed with anime BS.

'It's not like we applied for the award ourselves': Dave the Diver director reminds people that 'there's nothing indie' about his game and the controversial indie nomination was out of his control
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news Dave the Diver was nominated for best indie at the 2023 Game Awards despite being under mega publisher Nexon.

Final Fantasy 14 is fast-tracking one of my most-anticipated fixes, releasing an entire month earlier than expected
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news Changes to entering Forked Tower are being implemented this week.

Persona 5: The Phantom X has blessed the community with a new sh**posting mascot so corny it eclipses the nuance around the real-world issues he represents
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news It's Slammin' time, baby.

Inzoi's biggest problems right now are overwhelmingly the fact it's 'lacking simulation content' and its painfully awkward social interactions, player survey reveals
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news Please, no more talking about the K-Pop industry.

'We are aware': Square Enix president knows golden goose Final Fantasy 14 is losing its lustre
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news Takashi Kiryu reckons stretching Yoshi-P thin is doing the MMO good, actually.

I played the Roblox hit that's pulled in 10 billion visits and while I'm not sold on it, I can see how it's cultivated a mass following
By Mollie Taylor published
Grow a Garden is shockingly simple, but that's also kind of the point.

Resident game industry weirdo Yoko Taro laments that there aren't as many 'weird' people making videogames as there used to be
By Mollie Taylor published
news Where my certified freaks at?

Stellar Blade's director admits 'the narrative was lacking', but wants to make up for it in the sequel
By Mollie Taylor published
Development costs and unfamiliarity with narrative-driven games held back Stellar Blade's story, according to Kim Hyung Tae.

Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P admits 'our quality of service has declined recently' and 'we got used to things a bit too much and got comfortable'
By Mollie Taylor published
news It's been a rough year for the critically acclaimed MMO.

Final Fantasy 14 is doing what it should have done 6 years ago and fulfilling its promise to let every race wear hats
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news Hrothgar and Viera are finally getting hat privilege.

Final Fantasy 14 is making it easier to enter its latest dungeon so you can stop spending half an hour playing 'instance gacha'
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news Occult Crescent makes it mighty difficult to get 48 players in one room.

Stellar Blade review: A solid soulslite hiding in the shadow of its inspiration
By Mollie Taylor published
Sexyro Not my favourite rendition of 'sexy souped-up soldier saving humankind.'
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