Hey, I'm Richard Devine. As the Managing Editor at Windows Central, I spend my days (and way too many nights) looking at Windows, PCs, open-source, and the latest in gaming.
While I live in Windows, my heart is often in the terminal. I love open-source software and spend a lot of time digging through GitHub to find the next "must-have" tool that most people haven't heard of yet. Whether it's perfecting a WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) workflow or helping bridge the gap between Windows and Linux, I’m all about finding ways to make our PCs do more.
When the work laptop closes, the gaming PC stays on. I’ve spent more hours than I’d like to admit in the dark streets of The Division 2, chasing the perfect line in Forza Horizon, or keeping up with the ever-changing meta in Call of Duty.
For me, it’s not just about playing the games it’s also about the community that keeps them alive. I’m here to make sure you have the best info, the neatest tools, and a better experience every time you hit the power button.
Latest articles by Richard Devine

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Deal You can customize the Steam Deck plenty, but above all else, the one upgrade I recommend is a bigger SSD. And thanks to Cyber Monday, you can save on it.

By Sean Endicott Published
Deals The Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is down to $25 for Cyber Monday, and it’s one of the cheapest ways to stream Xbox Cloud Gaming on any TV in your home.

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Deals Cyber Monday is a good time to hunt for deals on streaming services, but in the long run, having control over your own media with a mini PC-based home server is the smarter play.

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Deals Gaming laptops are a Cyber Monday staple, but here are 6 reasons you should ignore them and get a handheld gaming PC instead.

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Deals Xbox gift cards are perfect for the gamers in your life, of all ages, and when you can save a little money at the same time, who loses?

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Deals Cut through the noise of Cyber Monday and check out these gaming controller deals that are genuinely really good.

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Deals Black Friday weekend is the time of the year where you can lock in a lifetime membership to Plex Pass and all its benefits for MUCH less.

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Deals With recent price rises and a disturbing lack of Black Friday discounts, the PS5 has easily become the console to recommend over the Xbox. And that's sad.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming Dark Ops challenges are supposed to be some of the most difficult in any Call of Duty game, but the latest discovered in Black Ops 7 is on a whole other level of pain.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is suffering from player fatigue of the franchise, because the constant push of new games and new stuff to buy is exhausting. We need a proper break.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming I found a way to quickly and easily grind towards the Mastery Camos in Black Ops 7's Endgame mode that doesn't even require firing a weapon. Here's what to do.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming Treyarch, developer of Black Ops 7, has taken a bold step after just a week of the game's life to remove the need to clear the campaign in order to join Endgame.

By Richard Devine Published
Windows The bits needed to enable the Xbox Full Screen Experience on Windows 11 are buried within, even on your own PC. This free tool enables it without you having to go poking around.

By Richard Devine Published
AI A massive Cloudflare outage is affecting major web services right now, one of the biggest being OpenAI and its chatbot, ChatGPT.

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Gaming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is still best played on controller, even on PC, but you're going to want to have the right one. Here are the best options right now for Xbox and PC.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming Treyarch has quietly added a message to its Multiplayer mode lobbies that pops up if you try to leave the match before the end, but nobody will pay any attention, I'm sure.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming I started playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 when it launched in New Zealand, and over the course of the next day and a half spent 15 hours in-game hitting prestige. Here's what that looks like.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming The Wall Jump brings some advanced movement friendship to Omnimovement, making Black Ops 7 faster and more chaotic than its predecessor. But you want to change this setting to really master it.

By Richard Devine Published
Gaming The eagerly awaited details on the Black Ops 7 Camo grind have now been released, and there's good news that makes it a little less stressful compared to last year.

By Richard Devine Published
PC Gaming Playing some of the most popular multiplayer games on SteamOS isn't possible thanks to the anti-cheat software. But will it ever get better with the Steam Machine on the way?

By Richard Devine Published
Review The Steam Deck isn't far off being four years old now, and in a world with many other handhelds to choose from, how has it held up?

By Richard Devine Published
Windows I spend more time than an average person setting up fresh installations of Windows 11, so here's a little list of the first seven apps I always put on any PC.

By Richard Devine Published
Review Razer's latest Wolverine controller is only for PC players, but with that comes some serious benefits. You won't find a faster controller than this anywhere else.
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