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

16 years after attending a Fallout: New Vegas launch event, Aaron Paul gets cast in Fallout Season 3
By Christopher Livingston published
News He played the long game.

True permadeath: You can never play this game again if you let its immortal snail assassin touch your mouse pointer
By Christopher Livingston published
News The meme where a killer snail slowly but relentlessly pursues you is coming to your desktop.

Mortal Kombat 2 movie reviews are in, and it's being called everything from 'enjoyably violent' to 'depressingly rizzless'
By Christopher Livingston published
News The sequel to 2021's Mortal Kombat movie tests its might against film critics.

'The team has weathered a lot': Subnautica 2 design lead says the community kept the dev team going 'when it was at its hardest'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Despite any rough patches, our goal has always remained the same," said Anthony Gallegos.

Plants vs. Zombies review: 'I stop playing Plants vs. Zombies when someone makes me'
By Tom Francis published
Grower When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will stroll the lawn.

Robot Watch: The weirdest and wildest things bots did this month including self destructing, playing ping pong, and pooping NFTs
By Christopher Livingston published
roboflop Robots may someday dominate our world. Let's keep an eye on them.

This mod brings concussions back into Madden 26, including symptoms like blurred vision, dizziness, and slower reaction times
By Christopher Livingston published
News The mod was created by the Derek Sheely Foundation to bring more awareness to the dangers and warning signs of traumatic head injuries.

Windrose devs don't have any progress wipes planned for early access, but 'of course s**t happens'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Kraken Express will "do our best" to let players keep their progress "intact all the way to 1.0 release."

'Please have faith in us once again' says Windrose dev, revealing its first big content update won't arrive for 'at least 6 months'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "All the new content and features we want to deliver takes time," says developer Kraken Express.

'Eventually the slop will just fall to the bottom': Garry's Mod sequel launches to 'mixed' reviews, but Garry himself isn't worried about AI games on the main page
By Rich Stanton published
News "Low quality, obvious AI-created slop is going to be a growing problem in every creative outlet."

People love buying weapons so much in this gun store sim that I'm making bank even though I only sell brass knuckles
By Christopher Livingston published
Target No guns? No problem. Any weapon is a best seller.

PSA: Crimson Desert's new camera settings can make the game look like Baldur's Gate 3
By Christopher Livingston published
News I wouldn't recommend fighting in isometric view, however.

'We don't have to fire 1000 people to keep it working': Facepunch Studios says paying s&box game developers is sustainable, with '$500,000 paid out to date'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Developers can also export their games standalone to Steam: "No hidden percentages, no rug pulls, your work is yours."

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 best Steam Deck games
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Steam On The games everyone should have installed on Valve's gaming handheld.

'The exhaustion on screen is 100% real': The solo dev of this 'live-action' survival game spent 40 grueling days alone in the wilderness to create it
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I filmed alone on the edge of treacherous cliffs where a single misstep could have been fatal," says the maker of Wordless Forest.

With Windrose making waves and the Black Flag remake on the horizon, methinks it's a fine time for a pirate quiz, matey
By Christopher Livingston published
🏴☠️ Test your knowledge of PC gaming's pirates.

Games like Wordle: Here's 15 more daily word games to satisfy your puzzle cravings
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Puzzlers If you're looking for more daily word puzzles, we've got you covered.

I found the Dark Souls of Wordle-likes and it's my new daily puzzle fixation
By Christopher Livingston published
News If Wordle is getting a bit stale for you, try Hunch.

Finally I can download other people's huge honkin' Enshrouded bases and live in them myself
By Christopher Livingston published
News The new adventure sharing feature is live.

Windrose: If you can't find the buyer for the People of Tortuga, it's because he's not on Tortuga
By Christopher Livingston published
ahoy You'd think he'd be there with the provisioner and bounty agent, but no. Here's how to find him.

I know all you pirates are busy with Windrose, but you should drop anchor and check out this new pirate-themed city builder
By Christopher Livingston published
News Build the ultimate pirate hideout when Corsair Cove sets sail later this year.

Can't find the Windrose Traveler's Camp second chest? We couldn't either… until we remembered a clue from another camp
By Christopher Livingston published
dig in Haunted by an icon reading Traveler's Camp: 1/2? So were we.
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