
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

This 'brutally honest' city builder features greedy landlords, cutthroat corporations, and a newspaper that gives you 'a constant reminder that your citizens' bad luck is perhaps your fault'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Tax rates feed the treasury and starve the people. The simulation now whispers the uncomfortable truth: every service has a cost."

Dying Light: The Beast players have killed enough zombies in two weeks to equal a quarter of the world's population
By Christopher Livingston published
News But they only kicked 176 million of them. That's not nearly enough kicking, Kyles!

If you missed Master Chief having sex on Paramount+ now you can see Master Chief having sex on Netflix
By Christopher Livingston published
News The Halo TV series has translocated to a slipstreaming platform you might actually be subscribed to.

One of my favorite survival city builders is leaving early access this month, so here's your chance to buy it before the price goes up
By Christopher Livingston published
News It's on sale now for 25% off, too.

Can you guess the game based only on a blurb from a Steam review? Take our quiz and see if you score a thumbs up!
By Christopher Livingston published
Helpful We're (overwhelmingly) positive you'll do great on this quiz.

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Autumn Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
deals New games on sale, hidden gems, and cheap classics.

In co-op open world survival game Join Us, you run a doomsday cult whose belief system is like 'a dynamic skill tree that evolves as the game goes on'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Keep your followers content as the world comes to an end in this comedic take on the survival genre.

Light No Fire: Everything we know about Hello Games' planet-sized survival game
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Warm-Up Sean Murray's follow-up to an infinite sci-fi universe is a single planet—but it's a big one.

The best Oblivion Remastered mods
By Christopher Livingston last updated
mod squad Improved performance, better visuals, and gameplay tweaks can be yours for the remastered classic RPG.

Wolverine claws more people in the head in the new Marvel's Wolverine trailer than I think he did in all the comics I read as a kid
By Christopher Livingston published
News Looks like Insomniac's Wolverine is taking a page from the R-rated Wolverine movies.

How well do you know Kojima game character names? Take our quiz to see if we should start calling you Smart Quizman
By Christopher Livingston published
Mental Gear Can you spot the names we made up among the real names from Kojima games?

'It doesn't feel like they've tried to copy and paste the game onto the screen' says star of Ubisoft's upcoming Watch Dogs movie
By Christopher Livingston published
News "It feels like its own thing, and it feels like the beginning of a world-building exercise," said actor Tom Blyth.

Dying Light: The Beast mod nerfs the biggest annoyance in the game: how often zombies grab you
By Christopher Livingston published
News Zombies latch on you to refrigerator magnets in the vanilla game. Here's a fix.

How to get the grappling hook in Dying Light: The Beast
By Christopher Livingston published
swingers There are no skyscrapers to swing from, but the grappling hook is still an essential tool to add to Kyle Crane's belt.

The adaptation you've been waiting for since 1996 is finally here: Bop It! is now a videogame
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Bop it! Twist it! Pull it! Twist it! Bop it! Pull it! Twist it! Pull it! Bop it! Twist it! Pull it! Twist it! Bop it! Twist it! Pull it! Twist it! Bop it! Pull it!"

Weapons director says his Resident Evil movie will leave everything 'intact' from the games: 'I'm not gonna steal Leon and put him in an original story'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I don't think fans of the games are gonna be bummed," says writer and director Zach Cregger.

How to get the best ranged weapon in Dying Light 2: The Beast – the awesome Sawblade Launcher
By Christopher Livingston published
deep cut This uniquely deadly item is the best ranged weapon in the game, and you can craft it yourself.

Dying Light: The Beast review – A step down from zombie-stomping greatness
By Christopher Livingston published
Kyle Trials Kyle Crane is back and looking for revenge.

Do you know Jack? Take our quiz that's all about videogame characters named (or not named) Jack!
By Christopher Livingston last updated
🎃 Are you a crackerjack when it comes to Jacks?

Strange Antiquities review: Solve dozens of little mysteries in a creepy yet cozy curio shop
By Christopher Livingston published
Memento Story Unravel the mysteries of occult artifacts in your creepy yet cozy little shop.

'We understand the disappointment': Funcom apologizes for Dune: Awakening DLC's 'building set' that's actually just four pieces
By Christopher Livingston published
News Feels like a lot of DLC comes with a free apology add-on these days.

Oh, you like Call of Duty? Name every Call of Duty game in under 3 minutes in our latest timed quiz
By Christopher Livingston published
Duty Calls Protip: Every answer begins with "Call of Duty".

Pacific Drive's first major expansion leans heavy into horror by introducing a cult of 'anomaly-obsessed fanatics'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Whispers in the Woods looks creepy as heck, and brings along quirky new items called artifacts.
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