Robin Valentine
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 or strategy game 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
You should go fight this big, horrible werewolf if you really want to put your Diablo 4 build to the test
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WOLF MOTHER The Den Mother is an optional boss ready to shred the unworthy.
PC's best city builder, Cities: Skylines, is only $9 right now—and you can pick up excellent Paradox strategy games like Stellaris and Crusader Kings 3 for cheap too
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NEWS Budding architects and tyrants look no further than Steam's latest sales.
Jack Black journeys through Fallout 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog in Tenacious D's new music video
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NEWS Video Games features animation by YouTube channel OneyPlays.
D&D's oldest rival is making a comeback thanks to the developer of Sniper Elite
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NEWS Rebellion has acquired Tunnels & Trolls, history's second ever tabletop role-playing game.
Looks like the new Mortal Kombat game is going to be another reboot, called Mortal Kombat 1
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NEWS Timeline nonsense is afoot once again.
This new Star Wars TCG is ready to go toe-to-toe with Magic: The Gathering
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NEWS The Star Wars: Unlimited trading card game promises to bring characters from all across Star Wars media together.
Pathfinder is getting its own Diablo-like action-RPG
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NEWS Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults, based on the tabletop campaign, is coming soon to Kickstarter.
The new Warhammer 40,000 tabletop RPG is like playing D&D in a horrifying galaxy where everything wants to kill you
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SHOT IN THE GRIMDARK Imperium Maledictum is dense, messy, and truly authentic to Games Workshop's grimdark setting.
Before Steam Puzzle Fest ends, you need to check out the demo for the most mind-bending puzzle game I've ever played
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View Askew Viewfinder pulls off a digital magic trick that has to be seen to be believed.
Meet one of the last positive communities left in gaming
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Dwarven Hospitality Deep Rock Galactic's fans are disarmingly nice—what is it that makes them so friendly?
One of 2022's best turn-based strategy games is finally coming to PC
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DODGE THIS Don't sleep on dreamy dodgeball roguelike Desta: The Memories Between—its combat is brilliantly sharp.
This wonderfully '90s RTS looks like a lost Command & Conquer game
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NEWS DORF Real-Time Strategic Conflict is a pure shot of PC strategy nostalgia.
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski isn't bringing back LawBreakers after all, and he's 'kinda over the whole making games thing'
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NEWS The game's original publisher Nexon still holds the rights after all.
The most controversial PC games of all time
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CRASH COURSE From trainwreck ports to moral panics to lootbox disasters.
Turn-based strategy meets tower defence as you fight to destroy magic forever in this brutal roguelike
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MAGIC MOMENTS In the arcane apocalypse, you're always outnumbered.
The Mario movie is the highest grossing videogame movie ever, knocking Warcraft off the top spot
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NEWS Maybe people love Chris Pratt's accent after all?
Amazon Prime Gaming is such a weird mess that it makes getting free games stressful
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NO PRIME OR REASON It's still an absolute pain to use, if you remember it exists at all.
You haven't got much time left to grab 14 classic Star Wars games for just $21—including both KOTORs, all the Jedi Knight games, and more
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NEWS You can also pick up X-Wing and TIE Fighter for a steal.
Survive prison by recruiting an army of alien rats in this turn-based RPG
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NEWS Space Prison is a "social survival" game about climbing the ranks of alien criminal hierarchies, brawling with anyone who gets in your way, and, er, befriending the local vermin.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened review: A perfectly grisly detective game that shows no scars of its development in a country under siege.
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CULT CLASSIC Short but wonderfully engrossing, this horror detective game is doubly impressive for having been developed in the chaos of Russia's war on Ukraine.
This clever action-RPG is like playing a whole Diablo adventure in 24 minutes
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UNDER THE HOOD Ravenswatch puts the genre on fast forward—and lets you play as a werewolf Little Red Riding Hood.
Diablo 4 class impressions: Sorcerers are OP and Barbarians need more time in the gym
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Adventuring class We pass judgement on the Diablo 4 classes from the beta.
Wildfrost review: A deck-building roguelike with the strategy of Slay the Spire and the charm of Adventure Time
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COLD COMFORTS A charmingly approachable yet fiendishly tricky deck-building roguelike.
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