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
Nearly 2,000 Wordle clones targeted as NYT issues DMCA takedown
By Christopher Livingston published
news NYT says its Wordle copyright includes "unique elements" of its game like "the 5x6 grid" and "green tiles to indicate correct guesses."
Watch Walton Goggins do a bunch of chems and blast a fist-sized hole in a dude in the new Fallout series trailer
By Christopher Livingston published
News See The Ghoul in action… before and after the bombs fell.
Ready to binge? Every episode of Amazon's Fallout TV show will be available at once on April 11
By Christopher Livingston published
News The new Fallout show trailer reveals that you'll be able to binge it if you want.
The Frostpunk 2 release date trailer is here, along with two ways to play the survival city builder before launch
By Christopher Livingston published
News Frostpunk 2 is launching in July, but people who preorder can play it earlier. Like... months earlier.
This mashup of city builder and grand strategy will take you from building a capital city to achieving 'total global domination'
By Christopher Livingston published
news In Kaiserpunk, you don't just manage a city, you span the globe.
Why survival MMO Dune: Awakening won't have sandwalking: 'It looked ridiculous and it made you walk really slowly'
By Christopher Livingston published
news Dune: Awakening's creative director Joel Bylos says "we made an attempt at" the Fremen practice of sandwalking, but it wound up being a drag.
You can claim land for your base on Arrakis in survival MMO Dune: Awakening, but you'll have to pay the Emperor for it
By Christopher Livingston published
News Here's our first look at Dune: Awakening base-building... but there's no escape from paying taxes, even in space.
Poker-themed deckbuilder Balatro gets delisted from some stores after its PEGI rating absurdly jumps from 3 to 18+ over 'gambling imagery'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I do not condone gambling," says Balatro developer LocalThunk, "nor do I believe that Balatro contains gambling."
We're riding shotgun with Pacific Drive to give away a free copy of the game and a carload of great gear
By Christopher Livingston published
Giveaway! Win a code for Pacific Drive along with a vintage toolbox, a mechanic's shirt with customized name tag, a bobblehead, a bumper sticker, and more.
'I don't play poker at all' says solo developer who made the poker roguelike I can't stop playing
By Christopher Livingston published
Big Deck Energy Developer LocalThunk says his deckbuilder, Balatro, is actually based on a game called Big Two, not poker.
Cities: Skylines 2 boss says lack of mod support is the 'biggest regret we have'
By Christopher Livingston published
news The Colossal Order CEO says the studio has "mountain to climb when it comes to delivering on the expectations."
If you like collecting critters in Palworld, how about collecting zombies in this co-op survival game?
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Welcome to Paradize, capture and control zombies to help you gather resources, build a base and more.
Sons of the Forest cheats: How to spawn every item in the game
By Christopher Livingston published
cheat sheet Turn on godmode, spawn every item and weapon, run fast, superjump, add extra followers, and more with Sons of the Forest console commands.
Sons of the Forest 1.0 launches with creative mode, a new ending, and an answer to one of the game's biggest mysteries
By Christopher Livingston published
News That mysterious artifact can now be fully assembled and used… but for what?
Solo survival players, rejoice: Nightingale is 'prioritizing and developing an offline mode'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "...we misjudged what some of you were looking for in your experience," says developer Inflexion Games.
10 tips for surviving Pacific Drive's deadly exclusion zone
By Christopher Livingston published
Owner's Manual Before you start your drive, here's a guide on how to survive.
Where to find ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive
By Christopher Livingston published
Tanks a lot If you want to turn your car into a tank you'll need ThermoSap Crystals to craft armored doors and puncture-proof tires.
How to get lead platelets in Pacific Drive
By Christopher Livingston published
lead ahead Lead is a key resource to crafting radiation protection and bigger batteries, and its location can be hard to find.
How to open Dumpster Pearls in Pacific Drive
By Christopher Livingston published
trash trove These big weird nuggets are full of goodies if you can crack them open.
How to get Unstable Energy and Corrupt Energy in Pacific Drive
By Christopher Livingston published
Power Up Your fabrication station needs different energy types to unlock new crafting recipes. Here's how to find them.
This chill city builder lets you create buildings, farms, and fields simply by drawing shapes
By Christopher Livingston published
news In Lands of Koastalia you're the mayor of a peaceful and growing island.
Enshrouded hits 2 million players, and those players have over 2,600 new feature requests
By Christopher Livingston published
News You can vote on (or add to) a long, long list of player-suggested changes for the co-op survival RPG.
Pacific Drive review: This survival game's quirky station wagon just became my favorite videogame vehicle
By Christopher Livingston published
Fast & Curious Repair, improve, and pilot a quirky station wagon in survival game Pacific Drive.
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