Robin Valentine

Robin Valentine

Senior Editor

Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming. First hypnotised by the light of the monitor as he muddled through Simon the Sorcerer on his uncle’s machine, he’s been a devotee ever since, devouring any RPG, strategy game, or roguelike to stumble into his path. Now he's channelling that devotion into filling this lovely website with features, news, reviews, and all of his hottest takes.

Latest articles by Robin Valentine

The Slay the Spire board game is getting an expansion based on one of the PC game's most popular mods

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Downfall will let you play as the boss monsters.

NEWS
Grab my favourite ever Lovecraftian TTRPG along with a huge range of adventures and supplements for an amazing price this week

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Trail of Cthulhu offers a unique take on horror investigation and some of the most authentically Lovecraftian writing in the whole hobby.

NEWS
D&D Beyond's slick new online character creator lets you make a hero in seconds

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS The updated 'Quickbuilder' is a brilliantly fast way of getting a newbie on board.

NEWS
Warhammer 40,000's 11th edition is set to kick off a nostalgia-filled era for the setting, with a starter set that recreates 2nd edition's from over 30 years ago

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Games Workshop even seems to be rolling back elements of the Primaris space marine redesign.

NEWS
The companions in Owlcat's new Mass Effect-inspired RPG stand ready to have heart-to-heart chats, drag you into their sidequests, and blow a lot of stuff up

By Robin Valentine Published

EXCLUSIVE Meet the party of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn in our exclusive reveal.

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EXCLUSIVE
The Witcher 3 modders are still discovering and restoring deleted scenes, including one that adds new texture to the game's best villain

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Discover more of Olgierd von Everec's darkest side.

NEWS
How many games can you identify just from a screenshot of their open world?

By Robin Valentine Published

OPEN MINDED Study the landscape.

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OPEN MINDED
Grab 8 Warhammer ebooks and audiobooks for free just by downloading the new Black Library app—and listen to the glorious sound of Brian Blessed playing the universe's angriest dwarf

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS The novels span the Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, Warhammer Fantasy, and The Horus Heresy settings.

NEWS
Mewgenics' latest update makes one of its most unpredictable fights a bit fairer, and includes maybe the best patch note of all time: 'Fixed case where a non-binary cat with dwarfism would crash the game if playing in Brazilian Portuguese'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Crusader Kings 2, eat your heart out.

NEWS
A battle between monsters and human invaders in ReVamp.
The latest game from the developer of Moonlighter is a tower defence roguelike about Dracula fighting off waves of vampire hunters

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Deploy werebears and ghosts to turn away unwanted visitors in ReVamp.

NEWS
Is roguelike deckbuilder sequel Slay the Spire 2 worth playing in early access?

By Robin Valentine Published

Spire sale This is what it's like playing Slay the Spire 2 in early access, and all the major roguelike deckbuilder features you need to know about.

Spire sale
Can you identify these iconic PC games from just a piece of concept art?

By Robin Valentine Published

ART ATTACK Even if you get them all wrong, at least you'll enjoy the pretty pictures.

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ART ATTACK
After beating Slay the Spire 2 with an 8 year old deck, I'm starting to feel like this is more of a remake than a sequel

By Robin Valentine Published

RE-RUN The Early Access release is a little too nostalgic.

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RE-RUN
To celebrate the launch of Resident Evil Requiem, I've cooked up a bone-chilling challenge for you—how many Resident Evil games can you name in 3 minutes?

By Robin Valentine Published

Bioquizard It's harder than you might think…

Bioquizard
Control Resonant is far more of an RPG than I expected, complete with talent trees, stats screens, and build-crafting that wouldn't feel out of place in a Diablo game

By Robin Valentine Published

FBC RPG Remedy's taking another ambitious creative swing with its new sequel.

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FBC RPG
Can you identify 15 RPGs in 4 minutes just from seeing one of their party companions?

By Robin Valentine Published

PARTY TIME Your loyal friends through thick and thin.

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PARTY TIME
Space Marine 2 adds a new free class, the Techmarine—an engineer with the unbeatable combo of an automated sentry turret and a gigantic axe

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Plus a new PvE mission.

NEWS
Balatro meets Scrabble in this new roguelike from the creators of TimeSplitters—and I'm just thrilled to finally find a word game that lets me score with swear words

By Robin Valentine Published

MY WORD Beyond Words finds the perfect balance between synergy and spelling.

MY WORD
Two of Mewgenics' most memorable areas were directly inspired by a brutal and brilliant tabletop RPG

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Can you fit a cat through a funnel?

NEWS
Mewgenics is getting official mod support, and could have DLC out by the 'end of next year'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Developer Tyler Glaiel has been chatting about future support for the game on his social media.

NEWS
Obsidian Moon is a Lovecraftian noir detective game about moving bits of paper around your desk and making sure you've got enough money for whiskey and beans

By Robin Valentine Published

OLD BILLS You can try the demo free on Steam now.

OLD BILLS
You'll need an expansion pack for your brain to get all 20 questions right in our dastardly new DLC quiz

By Robin Valentine Published

PACK NOTES How well do you know your downloadable content?

PACK NOTES
Newly announced action game Become lets you play as a sentient sperm trying to reach the egg, and yes I am just writing about it because of the name

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "Learn, adapt, and grow stronger as you explore the fascinating but dangerous microcosm of the human reproductive system."

NEWS
The most surprising thing about Mewgenics is its amazing soundtrack—and after 115 hours, I'm still discovering new songs

By Robin Valentine Published

MEOWSIC I'm a chumbucket kitty baby living in the city.

MEOWSIC
Mewgenics provides the best proof yet that the turn-based tactics genre is the true home of drama and excitement in gaming

By Robin Valentine Published

CATFIGHT Treat me mean, keep me keen.

CATFIGHT
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