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

Avowed - Drawn In Winter unique axe
The best uniques in Avowed that you can grab early in the game

By Lauren Morton Published

Name brand Don't wait around to have great gear in Avowed—you can grab some pretty cool weapons within the first few hours.

Name brand
The hero battling a Xaurip - a kind of lizardman - in Avowed.
Avowed's huge 66GB update includes major improvements for the game's whole progression system, along with key bug fixes and buffs for companions

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Patch 1.2.2 is surprisingly extensive for a launch day update.

NEWS
A fungus-infected bear attacking in Avowed.
Avowed is overrun with bears and I need to find out why

By Robin Valentine Published

URSA ERROR I can't bear it anymore! (Sorry.)

URSA ERROR
Firing an arquebus at a giant spider in Avowed.
The best weapons in Avowed and how to get them

By Robin Valentine Last updated

WEAPONS FREE Two weapon loadouts, a ton of possibilities.

WEAPONS FREE
An Adra pillar in the party camp in Avowed.
Make sure to sleep regularly in Avowed—if you don't, you could miss out on lore, quests, and magic items

By Robin Valentine Published

SNOOZE CLUES A solid eight hours a night is just as important in the Living Lands.

SNOOZE CLUES
Fighting a Shadow enemy with the flaming sword Last Light of Day in Avowed.
The first thing you should do in Avowed is make a beeline for this badass flaming sword

By Robin Valentine Last updated

HOT TIP Last Light of Day is a weapon you can count on.

HOT TIP
A woman with a lantern meeting a huge, skull-faced wolf in Legend in the Mist.
This tabletop RPG has one of the cleverest ways of teaching you the rules I've ever seen—and it's inspired by a D&D set from over 40 years ago

By Robin Valentine Published

MIST ASSIST Legend in the Mist's latest preview shows off its lavish tutorial.

MIST ASSIST
A goblin's face getting melted off by a magic crystal in Thieves of the Tome.
Do goblin dice math, slap your D&D players with severed troll limbs, and take revenge on Shakespeare in this year's wonderfully weird ZineQuest RPG kickstarters

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Small projects, big ideas.

NEWS
Spider-Man (Miles Morales) crouching on a ledge at the Raft super-prison in Spider-Man 2.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review: Toothless writing, old-fashioned open world design, and a shaky PC port—but at least the swinging still feels great

By Robin Valentine Published

SUPERFLUOUS A flawed port of a flawed sequel.

SUPERFLUOUS
Obi Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu fighting B1 battle droids in Jedi Power Battles.
Jedi Power Battles is old-fashioned, weird, and frustrating—but God, I wish they still made Star Wars games like this

By Robin Valentine Published

PLO'S BROS Good to see you again, Plo Koon.

PLO'S BROS
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Splinter, Casey, and April, playing videogames and eating pizza, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate.
That Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roguelike I refuse to stop going on about is adding Casey Jones as a playable character and a junkyard full of frogs to goongala your way through

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS TMNT: Splintered Fate's first DLC arrives February 5th.

NEWS
A Lovecraftian monster in a dungeon in Cyclopean: The Great Abyss.
This fascinating Lovecraftian RPG has me determined to build an army of ghoul-slaying cats—and no I haven't been driven mad by forbidden knowledge, why do you ask?

By Robin Valentine Published

SLEEPWALKING Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a monochrome nightmare.

SLEEPWALKING
Ro, the main character of Death Howl, holding a ghostly deer that is her deceased son's incarnation in the spirit world.
Death Howl is an impossible and brilliant blend of soulslike, turn-based strategy, and deckbuilding, and you can try it for free now

By Robin Valentine Published

PRIMAL SCREAM A brutal journey through a prehistoric spirit realm.

PRIMAL SCREAM
Reddit logo on mobile phone
Reddit users are officially as sick of Elon Musk as I am, with a number of popular subreddits completely banning all links to X

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS The site is being blacklisted en masse in the wake of Musk's latest controversy.

NEWS
A viking battling monsters in Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.
Diablo 4 meets Vampire Survivors in this clever roguelike that makes every round its own epic viking adventure

By Robin Valentine Published

THOR SCORE Embrace the power of the Norse gods in Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.

THOR SCORE
The TikTok app with Donald Trump ranting behind it.
The run up to the US TikTok ban got as messy, emotional, and weird as the final days of an MMO—and now everyone's back and no one can look each other in the eye

By Robin Valentine Published

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Tears shed, grievances aired, secrets spilled, and most importantly, plenty of content generated.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Total War: Warhammer 3 Grand Cathay faction
A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3's Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Big news for fans of very long, thin dragons.

NEWS
Warhammer characters Cawl and Fabius Bile staring at each other against a backdrop of stars.
Ever wanted to become a published Warhammer author? Now's your chance—and you only need to write 500 words

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Black Library's Open Submission 2025 is here.

NEWS
A space marine fighting a tzaangor on a flying disc in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 made millions for Games Workshop, and now it wants more hit videogames: "Clearly we are looking for the next one"

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "We intend to ensure Warhammer’s place as one of the top fantasy IPs globally," says the company's half-yearly report.

NEWS
A sorceress with smoke covering her face in Sultan's Game.
This depraved roguelike will turn you into a desperate sociopath… uh, in a fun way

By Robin Valentine Published

Sins and sensibility Sultan's Game is a dark and fascinating spiral into sin. With cards!

Sins and sensibility
A series of large explosions in Bio Prototype.
This bizarre roguelike has a new take on the Vampire Survivors formula: letting you build your own custom weapons out of brains, eyeballs, and chimpanzee spines

By Robin Valentine Published

BRAIN POWER Bio Prototype invites you to program your own body into a killing machine.

BRAIN POWER
A battle with undead in Avowed.
These are the 14 biggest upcoming RPGs of 2025—get ready for another amazing year for the genre

By Robin Valentine Published

NEW YEAR'S CLEAVE 12 more months of to-hit rolls.

NEW YEAR'S CLEAVE
Fantasy adventurers face a giant foe in Solasta 2's key art.
6 games that could be bigger hits than you're expecting in 2025

By Tyler Wilde Published

sleeper hits We were hyped for Helldivers 2 before it became a bestseller, now here are our predictions for 2025's sleeper hits.

sleeper hits
Game of the Year 2024: Balatro
Game of the Year 2024: Balatro

By Robin Valentine Published

🏆 Hands down the best game of the year.

🏆
Thank Goodness You're Here! key art
If 2024 proves anything, it's that mainstream success hasn't made PC gaming any less weird—and thank God for that

By Robin Valentine Published

get weird The consoleification of the hobby ain't happening any time soon.

get weird
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