
Christopher Livingston
Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston

Facepunch is 'talking to people' about a Rust movie: 'We definitely had interest'
By Fraser Brown published
News The Adventures of John Rust.

Garry Newman says his game creation platform s&box will 'probably' be priced similarly to Garry's Mod
By Christopher Livingston published
News That's great news in the age of $80 games.

Garry Newman says he originally expected Garry's Mod to make 'about $30,000' as a 'best case scenario'
By Christopher Livingston published
News And his expectations for GMod successor s&box are similarly "rock bottom" when it launches next month.

If you miss the old NBA Jam games, this new Harlem Globetrotters game looks like a slam dunk
By Christopher Livingston published
News The Globetrotters are celebrating a century of basketball swagger with a new game.

An hour of puzzle-solving in the quirky world of Big Walk is the most fun I've had in co-op in ages
By Christopher Livingston published
Buddy System Teamwork makes the dream work.

You can play Big Walk before launch, but only if you take a big walk to the publisher's office to play it in person
By Christopher Livingston published
News You can register for an in-person demo, but don't expect to see one on Steam.

The makers of idle farming sensation Rusty's Retirement have announced a new game, and this one's taking over your whole screen
By Christopher Livingston published
News Mister Morris Games have been anything but idle.

More than 800 gamers took an exam to prove they could complete an '80s adventure game without peeking at a walkthrough—and only 2 passed
By Christopher Livingston published
News Only .25% of players completed the AGAT, the Adventure Game Aptitude Test, designed by fiendish developer Woe Industries.

This dice-rolling roguelite is like Balatro on steroids, and its bosses are pure evil
By Christopher Livingston published
News Your hand will quickly be filled with enchanted dice and magic rings. Clutch them tightly.

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

Blue Prince foundation elevator: how to use it
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Guide There's an elevator in Blue Prince's foundation room: here are some hints and a full solution on how to get inside it.

Blue Prince tips: 10 useful tricks for mastering the mysterious mansion
By Christopher Livingston last updated
house call Before you set foot in the ever-changing mansion, here's some spoiler-free advice to make things easier.

Markiplier says Hollywood was 'willfully ignoring the potential of YouTubers' before his film Iron Lung made $50 million at the box office
By Christopher Livingston published
News "No one was really bashing down my door to say, 'We want to make your movie!'" the actor and director of the indie horror film said.

'Please, let us cook more': Windrose devs aren't ready to give players a release date yet
By Christopher Livingston published
News "We want to lock this in firmly and ship the game on time," said Windrose Crew on its Discord.

Steam Next Fest is full of Balatro-likes: here's 7 demos I think you should try
By Christopher Livingston published
Rogue's Gallery From pushing coins to sweeping mines, developers are still trying to capture LocalThunk's magic.

'We couldn’t even have imagined this': Co-op pirate survival game Windrose has been wishlisted over 1 million times
By Christopher Livingston published
News The swashbuckling survival adventure is a hit before it's even out.

I've already played the demo of this co-op pirate survival game for 7 hours, but the boisterous sea shanties my crew sings keep me coming back for more
By Christopher Livingston published
DRUNKEN SAILORS The demo for Windrose is a rollicking pirate adventure—once you've chopped down enough trees, that is.
I'm extending the Winter Olympics for a few more hours by playing 1985 sports classic Winter Games
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Medal Gear Going for the gold in ski jumping, figure skating, bobsled, and more with this 40-year-old sports game.

Imagine if politics were full of monsters! Haha, no, I mean fun monsters like vampires, orcs, and goblins who use cards to hurl insults and smears at each other
By Christopher Livingston published
Fight your way to the top of the government in card-based roguelike Prime Monster.

First Monopoly, then Catan, and now Netflix has announced a movie based on the Ticket to Ride board game
By Christopher Livingston published
News Maybe we'll eventually get a fantasy drama called Game of Checkers.

Poppy Playtime becomes Steam's global top seller and doubles its all-time peak player count record
By Christopher Livingston published
News Everyone wants to play with Chapter 5's "Wrongside Outimals."

Valheim's creative director is still 'dedicated on Valheim every day' in addition to his new co-op dungeon crawler: 'We love making games so much that we want to make more games'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Work on the second game doesn't "compete in any way" with the work being done on Valheim, says Robin Eyre.

How often do we see game sequels totally shift genres?
By Wes Fenlon published
Change-up The upcoming Control: Resonant moves from shooter to melee action. You sure don't see that very often.
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