About Jank

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Jank is an independent arts and culture website about PC games. Whether a blockbuster or a hobby project, we want to celebrate any game that is bold, new and inventive. Even if that means that it's a little janky.

We are supported entirely by generous readers via site memberships. No ads. No AI. No influence. 

We publish news, reviews, interviews and analysis about video games, solely motivated by what we want to say and what our audience wants to read. We have no need to chase pageview traffic or to pander to marketing teams, platforms or search engines.

We believe that videogames are for everyone.

Jank is written by industry experts with decades of experience in games media across Rock Paper Shotgun, PC Gamer, Eurogamer, Official Xbox Magazine and more. At this point we really ought to know better.

Meet the damned

Jon Hicks is Editorial Director of GamesIndustry.biz. He previously oversaw Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer and the other consumer websites and YouTube channels at Gamer Network, worked on a lot of live events, launched an indie game merchandise line and was global Editor-in-Chief of Official Xbox Magazine. He contributes to Jank in his spare time and doesn't cover anything here that he's covered at work, not least because it would be awkward to make jokes about.

Brendan Caldwell is a former features editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, a sometimes narrative designer, and once even a level designer. He was the host and producer of Hey Lesson, and a former sub-editor on the Guardian's tablet edition. He has written about games for over 15 years and sees no reason to stop now.

Graham Smith is the former editorial director of Rock Paper Shotgun and former editor-in-chief of PC Gamer. He grew up playing Amstrad and Amiga games before becoming obsessed with Half-Life and its community of map makers, modders and fan sites. He hasn’t stopped tinkering with games and computers since, and has now been a games journalist for over twenty years. He is also the studio manager of Suspicious Developments.

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Jank is hosted by Ghost Pro and uses a lightly modified Alto theme. Jank’s domains and email are registered through Porkbun. The Jank logo was designed by the exceptional Mark Wynne. Our fonts are Raleway, Passion One and Libre Baskerville.