
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

Live-action Far Cry TV series starring It's Always Sunny's Rob Mac will mimic the games' standalone format, with each season given 'a new setting following a new cast of characters'
By Christopher Livingston published
News It's Always Sunny in Micronesia, and Africa, and Nepal, and Montana, and... the Mesolithic era?

'It wasn't fun for the first 7 years' says maker of fantasy sim Tavern Keeper, which spent more than a decade in development
By Christopher Livingston published
News It sure is fun now.

Great moments in PC gaming: Chilling in my Zen Garden in Plants Vs. Zombies
By Christopher Livingston published
Grow Up Take a break from the carnage and safely grow your favorite plants.

The 20 best cozy games on PC that aren't farm sims
By Lauren Morton last updated
Cozy Games If you need more chill in your game library, these are the best cozy games you can play on PC.

Every death costs you 10 years in this open world roguelike, so your missing daughter might be a grandmother by the time you find her
By Christopher Livingston published
News Find your kidnapped kid before it's way, way too late.

Do you recognize what game titles these letters are from? Let's get alphabetical in our latest quiz!
By Christopher Livingston published
Letter Rip Let's see if you know your game titles from A to Z.

This game had a 100% positive Steam review score for months, until yesterday when someone finally gave it a thumbs-down just 'to be different'
By Christopher Livingston published
News The developer knew the perfect rating wouldn't last, but admits it's "disheartening" to lose it.

Despite 'Mixed' Steam reviews and a touch of AI slop, strategy city builder Anno 117: Pax Romana has the best launch in series history
By Christopher Livingston published
News The eighth city builder in the Anno series has become its fastest seller, according to Ubisoft.

The '80s and '90s PC games unbelievably still being updated today
By Christopher Livingston, Wes Fenlon published
stayin alive They may have arrived decades ago, but the work (and play) continues.

One of 2025's best games won't get a sequel, says its developer: 'Each of my projects will be completely standalone'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I don't ever plan on making a sequel to Blue Prince," said developer Tonda Ros.

'I will probably never fully acknowledge whether or not everything has been solved' says Blue Prince creator: 'There are certainly mysteries still in the game'
By Christopher Livingston published
News The mysterious mansion still hasn't been completely figured out.

Players flood back to co-op survival RPG Enshrouded as the new 'Wake of the Water' update gets everyone wet
By Christopher Livingston published
News There are new weapons and a new level cap, too, but more importantly: Fishing.

Alien: Earth renewed for Season 2, which is a great opportunity to make up for the disappointing end of Season 1
By Christopher Livingston published
News Here's hoping the start of the next season will be more satisfying than the ending of the last season.

The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.

How well do you know videogame dogs? Sink your teeth into our canine quiz!
By Christopher Livingston published
Fetch Quest Dogged determination will get you through this quiz about our furry friends.

You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8 things
By Andrea Shearon published
Relatable If you know, you know.

Tavern Keeper's item design tool is so good one player made a tabletop D&D set where you can actually read the stats on the character sheets
By Christopher Livingston published
news The fantasy tavern keeping sim from Greenheart Games is lighting up its players' imaginations.

Attention parents of Roblox kids: I regret to inform you they are making a Grow a Garden movie
By Christopher Livingston published
News Have some popcorn while you watch corn grow.

Even in early access, Tavern Keeper already feels like the fantasy pub sim of my dreams
By Christopher Livingston published
Pub Crawl It's been in development for over a decade, and all that hard work really shows.

'I briefly burst into tears': After 11 years of work, the dev of this fantasy sim is 'elated and grateful' to reach Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam only 3 days after launch
By Christopher Livingston published
News Pub management RPG Tavern Keeper entered early access this week and is already beloved by players.

Do the titles of these games contain a colon, a dash, both, or neither? Test your punctuational prowess in our latest quiz!
By Christopher Livingston published
:-) How well do you know your game title punctuation marks? Let's find out.

Balatro's new merch is just as unhinged as we've come to expect
By Christopher Livingston published
News It's also decently cheap and the profits go to a great cause.

Sure, there might as well be a 'World Solitaire Championship' and it might as well be hosted by Stephen A. Smith
By Christopher Livingston published
News And it might as well fly 400 players to Miami to sit at poker tables playing solitaire on iPads.
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