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

Rust goes medieval with the Primitive update: siege weapons, swords and shields, and maybe a few jewel-encrusted assault rifles
By Christopher Livingston published
News OK, so it's not as historically accurate as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

Games like Wordle you should add to your daily playlist
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Alphabet Soup These games like Wordle are bound to scratch the itch if one puzzle a day isn't enough.

The best Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mods at launch: unlimited quicksaves, increased carry weight, instant herb-pickin'
By Christopher Livingston published
Mod Squad How to make your Bohemian adventure much easier, or way harder.

That was fast: a modder already added an 'unlimited save game' feature to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
By Christopher Livingston published
News Brew and chug a potion whenever I want to save my game? Cool idea. But what about: no.

That Just Cause movie we've been hearing about since 2011? It just got a new writer and director (again)
By Christopher Livingston published
News Ángel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle) will direct, and Jack Ryan writer Aaron Rabin is now (by my count) the ninth writer attached.

While you're waiting for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, try this free Steam demo of a roguelike kingdom-builder where your peasants won't work unless you're looking directly at them
By Christopher Livingston published
News The King Is Watching, and guess what? You're the king.

'It may seem like a whole new game': One of my favorite medieval city builders just got a huge update with a ton of new features
By Christopher Livingston published
News Foundation's 1.0 launch comes after 6 years in early access.

'It's just such a depressing thing': Mythic Quest's creative team on the challenge of making a comedy amidst widespread gaming industry layoffs
By Christopher Livingston published
News PC Gamer spoke to Rob McElheney, Ashly Burch, and Megan Ganz about Mythic Quest Season 4.

Random guy on Twitter asks Marvel star Simu Liu about a Sleeping Dogs movie, Simu Liu says he's working on it—and he wants a new game, too
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen!" says Marvel star Simu Liu.

Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 is out so get ready to meet 'Doey the Doughman' and find out if he really is 'fun until the day that you die'
By Christopher Livingston published
News And you will definitely die in the new installment of the creeptastic and controversial episodic horror series.

The seemingly inexhaustible supply of Alien-related projects continues with a TV prequel where xenomorphs come to Earth
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Oh, Timothy Olyphant is in it? Okay, I'll probably check it out," said everyone.

Ark: Survival Evolved cheats and console commands
By Christopher Livingston last updated
cheat-rex Cheat codes for Ark on PC: use god mode, fly, teleport, unlock all engrams, tame dinos, and more.

No Man's Sky is getting 'trillions of new planets,' some with oceans 'several kilometers deep,' plus explorable 'end-game' gas giants
By Christopher Livingston published
News Sean Murray says new engine advances in Light No Fire's development creates "…this urge to share it with the [No Man's Sky] community"

I only just noticed this, but Merriam-Webster has put together a solid collection of free daily puzzle browser games
By Christopher Livingston published
free bee If you want a free alternative to NYT's Wordle and Spelling Bee, M-W's got your back.

Enshrouded 1.0 target date and 2025 roadmap revealed, new update arriving today, and dynamic water on the way
By Christopher Livingston published
News The next 12 months of Enshrouded updates are full of exciting stuff.

It's been about four years, so yeah, let's go ahead and give Resident Evil yet another movie reboot
By Christopher Livingston published
news Zach Cregger of Barbarian is reportedly set to write and direct the horror revamp.

I missed this co-op open world base-builder when it first came out, but it's got over 10,000 positive Steam reviews and it's free to play all weekend
By Christopher Livingston published
News It felt Necesse-ary to tell you about this freebie you can check out with your buddies.

Valheim cheats: All codes and console commands to wield godly power
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Godlike Valheim cheats to enable god mode, add skill points, spawn items, and more.

The best GTA 5 mods
By Christopher Livingston, Joe Donnelly, Rick Lane, Heather Newman last updated
New and updated! Our favourite tweaks include forests in San Andreas and more than 50 new heists.

Mythic Quest Season 4: Still a nimble comedy with a ton of heart, and the best it's been since its first season
By Christopher Livingston published
Season Pass The workplace comedy about a dysfunctional MMO studio is breezy, occasionally biting, and sweet without overdoing it.

Of all the Balatro-likes on Steam, I think I'm enjoying this Mahjong version best
By Christopher Livingston published
News Aotenjo: Infinite Hands doesn't have a lotta flash, but enchanting tiles to rack up multipliers is quietly satisfying.

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.

The Borderlands movie gets 6 'Razzie' nominations including Worst Picture, plus 2 separate nominations just for Jack Black's acting as Claptrap
By Christopher Livingston published
News 2024's bomb continues to bomb.

Steam reviewers finally trolled me: I bought a game they called 'calm' and 'relaxing' before I noticed those were the 'funny' reviews
By Christopher Livingston published
stress test "Mini Motorways is a dystopian horror story disguised as a traffic sim," said a more helpful review that I didn't read.

'Please remember the game has no plot': Vampire Survivors dev points out one of the many challenges in turning its roguelike into a live-action film
By Christopher Livingston published
News Poncle also says adapting Vampire Survivors "requires good ideas, creativity, and that quirky knowledge of the game, that is a very difficult triplet to get 100% right."
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