
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

PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
By Phil Savage published
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.

The best Fallout 4 mods
By Christopher Livingston last updated
updated We've collected the best Fallout 4 mods you can use to customize the Commonwealth.

We're getting the first episode of Fallout Season 2 earlier than we thought
By Christopher Livingston published
News Open your present a day earlier this year.

Get rich quick with these Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord cheats
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Lordmode Bannerlord cheats to create gold, level you up, knock out enemies, teleport, and much more.

The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
By Tyler Wilde last updated
MODS Buff yourself up for a lone wolf run, or if that's not your style, maybe buff up your party with eight characters? Mods make many things possible.

C'mon, Remedy, you can't use the words 'Rise and Shine' in your TGA trailer—don't you know you're hurting all those hopeful fans in r/Halflife?
By Christopher Livingston published
News You're just being mean.

I think The Game Awards just broke the record for most people presenting a single award, with the entire cast of the Street Fighter movie announcing 'Best Ongoing Game'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Good thing Geoff opted for the big stage.

A weird sci-fi thriller starring Stellan Skarsgård? That takes place in a hotel on the moon? From the makers of SOMA? Yeah, I'm in
By Christopher Livingston published
News Frictional Games revealed a new "mind-bending narrative mystery" at The Game Awards.

Think you're S.P.E.C.I.A.L.? See if you can pass our Fallout Season 1 quiz!
By Christopher Livingston published
Vault Check Fallout Season 2 is coming, so time to brush up on what happened in Season 1.

Fallout's holiday 'Ghoul Log' features Walton Goggins, Dogmeat, and the return of a beloved Fallout: New Vegas character
By Christopher Livingston published
News Cozy up to the crackling fire with Fallout's grisly version of a yule log.

'Rethinking the survival genre': In this post-apocalyptic adventure, 'your body tells you what's going on' instead of stamina and hunger meters
By Christopher Livingston published
News Explore and survive in a world filled with mutated flora and fauna.

The best mods for Fallout: New Vegas
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Updated! Our favorite mods for Obsidian's 2010 RPG.

New Fallout clip gives us a glimpse of an iconic Fallout: New Vegas location
By Christopher Livingston published
News Welcome back to Novac.

The best survival games on PC
By Christopher Livingston last updated
stay alive The best games for surviving against the odds.

I asked Fallout series executive producer Jonathan Nolan which he liked better, Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas, and he said 'Fallout 3' without even hesitating
By Christopher Livingston published
News Side note: I sorta agree.

'It is such a thrill to have the power armor on': Fallout's Kyle MacLachlan says wearing the T-60 suit feels like 'you can do just about anything'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "The team that put that together, they're amazing."

'I haven't sat down to play the games, and I won't': Fallout's Walton Goggins says he 'not interested' in playing the RPGs his show is based on
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I don't believe that I'm an avatar. I believe The Ghoul exists in the world."

Our newest quiz should be a cakewalk: All you gotta do is name the game each cake is from!
By Christopher Livingston published
Eat it, Too Piece of cake, right?

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.

Attention survival game sickos: you can be among the first to playtest the sequel to one of my favorite survival RPGs
By Christopher Livingston published
News An alpha playtest of Outward 2 is planned from Dec 9-15.

15 years later, a heroic modder has finally added video poker to Fallout: New Vegas
By Christopher Livingston published
News New Vegas feels more like Present Vegas now.

Can you order these games by their release date? Get chrono-logical in our latest quiz!
By Christopher Livingston published
Hot Dates Let's put your knowledge of gaming history to the test.

Sean Murray just crushed my hopes of playing Light No Fire anytime soon by describing the dev team as 'tiny' and working 'in the background' at Hello Games
By Christopher Livingston published
News It doesn't sound like it's a full-court press on Hello Games' planet-sized fantasy sandbox.

I'm impatiently waiting for Fallout Season 2 by calculating the odds of my favorite New Vegas characters making an appearance
By Christopher Livingston published
Chances Are Place your bets.

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?
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