diff --git a/TASVideos/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelpers.cs b/TASVideos/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelpers.cs
index 59475486e..6973d1ec4 100644
--- a/TASVideos/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelpers.cs
+++ b/TASVideos/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelpers.cs
@@ -5,36 +5,42 @@
 
 namespace TASVideos.TagHelpers;
 
-public class PubLinkTagHelper : TagHelper
+public class PubLinkTagHelper(IHtmlGenerator generator) : AnchorTagHelper(generator)
 {
 	public int Id { get; set; }
 
 	public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
 	{
 		output.TagName = "a";
-		output.Attributes.Add("href", $"/{Id}M");
+		Page = "/Publications/View";
+		RouteValues.Add(nameof(Pages.Publications.ViewModel.Id), Id.ToString());
+		base.Process(context, output);
 	}
 }
 
-public class SubLinkTagHelper : TagHelper
+public class SubLinkTagHelper(IHtmlGenerator generator) : AnchorTagHelper(generator)
 {
 	public int Id { get; set; }
 
 	public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
 	{
 		output.TagName = "a";
-		output.Attributes.Add("href", $"/{Id}S");
+		Page = "/Submissions/View";
+		RouteValues.Add(nameof(Pages.Submissions.ViewModel.Id), Id.ToString());
+		base.Process(context, output);
 	}
 }
 
-public class GameLinkTagHelper : TagHelper
+public class GameLinkTagHelper(IHtmlGenerator generator) : AnchorTagHelper(generator)
 {
 	public int Id { get; set; }
 
 	public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
 	{
 		output.TagName = "a";
-		output.Attributes.Add("href", $"/{Id}G");
+		Page = "/Games/Index";
+		RouteValues.Add(nameof(Pages.Games.IndexModel.Id), Id.ToString());
+		base.Process(context, output);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@ public override async Task ProcessAsync(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutpu
 
 		output.TagName = "a";
 		Page = "/Users/Profile";
-		RouteValues.Add("UserName", Username);
+		RouteValues.Add(nameof(Pages.Users.ProfileModel.UserName), Username);
 		await base.ProcessAsync(context, output);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/GameLinkTagHelperTests.cs b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/GameLinkTagHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a6153fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/GameLinkTagHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using TASVideos.Extensions;
+using TASVideos.TagHelpers;
+
+namespace TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests.TagHelpers;
+
+[TestClass]
+public sealed class GameLinkTagHelperTests : LinkTagHelperTestsBase
+{
+	[DataRow(123, "some game", """<a href="/123G">some game</a>""")]
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task TestGameLinkHelper(int id, string label, string expected)
+	{
+		var generator = TestableHtmlGenerator.Create(out var viewCtx, ServiceCollectionExtensions.Aliases.First(kvp => kvp.Key is "/Games/Index"));
+		GameLinkTagHelper gameLinkHelper = new(generator) { Id = id, ViewContext = viewCtx };
+		var output = GetOutputObj(contentsUnencoded: label, tagName: "game-link");
+		await gameLinkHelper.ProcessAsync(GetHelperContext(), output);
+		Assert.AreEqual(expected, GetHtmlString(output));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/LinkTagHelperTestsBase.cs b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/LinkTagHelperTestsBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e82a3aeac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/LinkTagHelperTestsBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using System.Collections.Immutable;
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
+
+namespace TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests.TagHelpers;
+
+public abstract class LinkTagHelperTestsBase
+{
+	public static TagHelperContext GetHelperContext()
+		=> new(
+			[],
+			ImmutableDictionary<object, object>.Empty,
+			Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+
+	public static string GetHtmlString(TagHelperOutput output)
+	{
+		using var writer = new StringWriter();
+		output.WriteTo(writer, NullHtmlEncoder.Default);
+		return writer.ToString();
+	}
+
+	public static TagHelperOutput GetOutputObj(string contentsUnencoded, string tagName = "")
+	{
+		TagHelperOutput output = new(
+			tagName,
+			[],
+			(_, _) => Task.FromResult<TagHelperContent>(new DefaultTagHelperContent()));
+		output.Content.SetContent(contentsUnencoded);
+		return output;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/MovieLinkTagHelperTests.cs b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/MovieLinkTagHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecb5204c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/MovieLinkTagHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using TASVideos.Extensions;
+using TASVideos.TagHelpers;
+
+namespace TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests.TagHelpers;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class MovieLinkTagHelperTests : LinkTagHelperTestsBase
+{
+	[DataRow(1234, "some movie", """<a href="/1234M">some movie</a>""")]
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task TestPubLinkHelper(int id, string label, string expected)
+	{
+		var generator = TestableHtmlGenerator.Create(out var viewCtx, ServiceCollectionExtensions.Aliases.First(kvp => kvp.Key is "/Publications/View"));
+		PubLinkTagHelper pubLinkHelper = new(generator) { Id = id, ViewContext = viewCtx };
+		var output = GetOutputObj(contentsUnencoded: label, tagName: "pub-link");
+		await pubLinkHelper.ProcessAsync(GetHelperContext(), output);
+		Assert.AreEqual(expected, GetHtmlString(output));
+	}
+
+	[DataRow(1234, "some movie", """<a href="/1234S">some movie</a>""")]
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task TestSubLinkHelper(int id, string label, string expected)
+	{
+		var generator = TestableHtmlGenerator.Create(out var viewCtx, ServiceCollectionExtensions.Aliases.First(kvp => kvp.Key is "/Submissions/View"));
+		SubLinkTagHelper subLinkHelper = new(generator) { Id = id, ViewContext = viewCtx };
+		var output = GetOutputObj(contentsUnencoded: label, tagName: "sub-link");
+		await subLinkHelper.ProcessAsync(GetHelperContext(), output);
+		Assert.AreEqual(expected, GetHtmlString(output));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/ProfileLinkTagHelperTests.cs b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/ProfileLinkTagHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38fdd8f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/ProfileLinkTagHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using TASVideos.TagHelpers;
+
+namespace TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests.TagHelpers;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class ProfileLinkTagHelperTests : LinkTagHelperTestsBase
+{
+	[DataRow("YoshiRulz", "unused", """<a href="/Users/Profile/YoshiRulz">YoshiRulz</a>""")]
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task TestProfileLinkHelper(string username, string label, string expected)
+	{
+		var generator = TestableHtmlGenerator.Create(out var viewCtx, [new("/Users/Profile", "Users/Profile/{Username}")]);
+		ProfileLinkTagHelper profileLinkHelper = new(generator) { Username = username, ViewContext = viewCtx };
+		var output = GetOutputObj(contentsUnencoded: label, tagName: "profile-link");
+		await profileLinkHelper.ProcessAsync(GetHelperContext(), output);
+		Assert.AreEqual(expected, GetHtmlString(output));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelperTests.cs b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelperTests.cs
index e01917a3f..2edaf22f7 100644
--- a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelperTests.cs
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TagHelpers/WikiLinkTagHelperTests.cs
@@ -1,35 +1,22 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
 using TASVideos.TagHelpers;
 
 namespace TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests.TagHelpers;
 
 [TestClass]
-public class WikiLinkTagHelperTests
+public sealed class WikiLinkTagHelperTests : LinkTagHelperTestsBase
 {
+	[DataRow("GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros", "unused", """<a href="/GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros">GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros</a>""")]
+	[DataRow("WelcomeToTASVideos", "unused", """<a href="/WelcomeToTASVideos">WelcomeToTASVideos</a>""")]
 	[TestMethod]
-	public void WikiLinkTagHelper_Process_RendersCorrectHtml()
+	public async Task WikiLinkTagHelper_Process_RendersCorrectHtml(string wikiPageName, string label, string expected)
 	{
-		var tagHelper = new WikiLinkTagHelper { PageName = "GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros" };
-		var context = new TagHelperContext(
-			allAttributes: [],
-			items: new Dictionary<object, object>(),
-			uniqueId: "test");
-		var output = new TagHelperOutput(
-			tagName: "wiki-link",
-			attributes: [],
-			getChildContentAsync: (_, _) =>
-				Task.FromResult<TagHelperContent>(new DefaultTagHelperContent()));
+		var tagHelper = new WikiLinkTagHelper { PageName = wikiPageName };
+		var context = GetHelperContext();
+		var output = GetOutputObj(contentsUnencoded: label, tagName: "wiki-link");
 
-		tagHelper.Process(context, output);
+		await tagHelper.ProcessAsync(context, output);
 
 		var htmlString = GetHtmlString(output);
-		Assert.AreEqual("<a href=\"/GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros\">GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros</a>", htmlString);
-	}
-
-	private static string GetHtmlString(TagHelperOutput output)
-	{
-		using var writer = new StringWriter();
-		output.WriteTo(writer, NullHtmlEncoder.Default);
-		return writer.ToString();
+		Assert.AreEqual(expected, htmlString);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TestableHtmlGenerator.cs b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TestableHtmlGenerator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7da23a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests/TestableHtmlGenerator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * taken from .NET 8 source, MIT-licensed
+ * specifically https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/blob/v8.0.0/src/Mvc/Mvc.TagHelpers/test/TestableHtmlGenerator.cs
+ * but also I cut out most of it anyway
+ */
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Template;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders.Testing;
+
+namespace TASVideos.RazorPages.Tests;
+
+// ReSharper disable EmptyConstructor
+internal class TestableHtmlGenerator(
+	IOptions<MvcViewOptions> options,
+	IModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider) : DefaultHtmlGenerator(
+		Substitute.For<IAntiforgery>(),
+		options,
+		metadataProvider,
+		CreateUrlHelperFactory(),
+		new HtmlTestEncoder(),
+		new DefaultValidationHtmlAttributeProvider(options, metadataProvider, new()))
+{
+	private static IUrlHelperFactory CreateUrlHelperFactory()
+	{
+		var urlHelperFactory = Substitute.For<IUrlHelperFactory>();
+		urlHelperFactory.GetUrlHelper(Arg.Any<ActionContext>())
+			.Returns(callInfo => new FakeUrlHelper(callInfo.ArgAt<ActionContext>(0)));
+		return urlHelperFactory;
+	}
+
+	private sealed class FakeUrlHelper(ActionContext context) : UrlHelperBase(context)
+	{
+		public override string Action(UrlActionContext actionContext)
+			=> throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+		public override string? RouteUrl(UrlRouteContext routeContext)
+		{
+			var virtualPath = ActionContext.RouteData.Routers[0].GetVirtualPath(new(
+				ActionContext.HttpContext,
+				AmbientValues,
+				GetValuesDictionary(routeContext.Values),
+				routeContext.RouteName))?.VirtualPath;
+
+			return GenerateUrl(
+				protocol: routeContext.Protocol,
+				host: routeContext.Host,
+				virtualPath: virtualPath,
+				fragment: routeContext.Fragment);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static TestableHtmlGenerator Create(out ViewContext viewCtx, params KeyValuePair<string, string>[] routeStrs)
+	{
+		ServiceCollection services = [];
+		services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory, NullLoggerFactory>();
+
+		var routeOptionsWrapper = Substitute.For<IOptions<RouteOptions>>();
+		routeOptionsWrapper.Value.Returns(new RouteOptions());
+		services.AddSingleton(routeOptionsWrapper);
+
+		// equivalent to:
+		// ObjectPool<UriBuildingContext> objPool = new DefaultObjectPoolProvider().Create(new UriBuilderContextPooledObjectPolicy());
+		// DefaultTemplateBinderFactory defaultFactoryImpl = new(Substitute.For<ParameterPolicyFactory>(), objPool);
+		var aspNetRoutingAsm = typeof(TemplateBinderFactory).Assembly;
+		var objPool = typeof(ObjectPoolProvider).GetMethods()
+			.First(mi => mi.Name is "Create" && mi.GetParameters().Length is 1)
+			.MakeGenericMethod(aspNetRoutingAsm.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.UriBuildingContext")!)
+			.Invoke(new DefaultObjectPoolProvider(), parameters: [
+				Activator.CreateInstance(aspNetRoutingAsm.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.UriBuilderContextPooledObjectPolicy")!),
+			]);
+		var defaultFactoryImpl = (TemplateBinderFactory)Activator.CreateInstance(
+			aspNetRoutingAsm.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Template.DefaultTemplateBinderFactory")!,
+			Substitute.For<ParameterPolicyFactory>(),
+			objPool)!;
+		services.AddSingleton(defaultFactoryImpl);
+		var serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+		RouteHandler routeHandler = new(_ => Task.CompletedTask);
+		DefaultInlineConstraintResolver constraintResolver = new(routeOptionsWrapper, serviceProvider);
+		RouteCollection router = new();
+		foreach (var (name, template) in routeStrs)
+		{
+			router.Add(new Route(
+				routeHandler,
+				routeName: name,
+				routeTemplate: template,
+				defaults: new([new KeyValuePair<string, string?>("page", name)]),
+				constraints: null,
+				dataTokens: null,
+				constraintResolver));
+		}
+
+		ModelStateDictionary modelState = new();
+		EmptyModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider = new();
+		viewCtx = new(
+			new(
+				new DefaultHttpContext { RequestServices = serviceProvider },
+				new() { Routers = { router } },
+				new(),
+				modelState),
+			Substitute.For<IView>(),
+			new(metadataProvider, modelState) { Model = null },
+			Substitute.For<ITempDataDictionary>(),
+			TextWriter.Null,
+			new());
+
+		IOptions<MvcViewOptions> mvcViewOptions = Substitute.For<IOptions<MvcViewOptions>>();
+		mvcViewOptions.Value.Returns(new MvcViewOptions());
+		return new(mvcViewOptions, metadataProvider);
+	}
+
+	protected override void AddValidationAttributes(
+		ViewContext viewContext,
+		TagBuilder tagBuilder,
+		ModelExplorer modelExplorer,
+		string expression)
+			=> throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+	public override TagBuilder GenerateAntiforgery(ViewContext viewContext)
+		=> throw new NotSupportedException();
+}