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
Build your own digital D&D dungeons and let your players explore them in first-person with this clever new tool
By Robin Valentine published
ON REFLECTION Mirrorscape uses real miniatures and terrain to create an atmospheric and tactile virtual tabletop.
Deep Rock Galactic's new Vampire Survivors-inspired spin-off proves everything's better with dwarves—and you can try it for yourself right now
By Robin Valentine published
DIG IT Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors combines bullet heaven and mining, and they go together like rock and stone.
Squealing pigs, disgruntled bison, and the most beautiful frying meat I've ever seen: Dragon's Dogma 2 is just as wonderfully weird as the first game
By Robin Valentine published
A WORLD OF ITS OWN If strapping an explosive mine to a troll's head is wrong, then I don't want to be right.
Mortal Kombat 1 review: Fights are still brutal and satisfying, but this awkward attempt at a reboot is sorely lacking in the series' trademark charm
By Robin Valentine published
BARE BONES A solid but oddly soulless entry that fails to commit to being a series reboot.
Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200-year-old gun: 'I was armed but not dangerous'
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS
Ed Boon wanted every fighter in Mortal Kombat 1 to be played by a famous actor, with Keanu Reeves as Kenshi
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Wasn't Megan Fox enough?
One of the best Lovecraftian tabletop RPGs ever is ridiculously cheap right now
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Grab 20 Trail of Cthulhu books at a nearly 95% discount.
Just in case you murder everyone, Baldur's Gate 3 has back-up NPCs—and even back-ups for its back-ups
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS The tiefling refugees will always find a new leader, no matter how stab-happy you are.
My new greatest fear is meeting the two-faced monster from this survival horror game that combines retro pixel art with FMV
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Tenebris Somnia is uniquely creepy, and you can play the demo now.
The best Starfield quests, from corporate espionage to Alien-inspired horror
By Fraser Brown published
Stellar Hop in your ship and hunt down these unmissable adventures.
How to build the best ships in Starfield
By Robin Valentine last updated
Flight Plan Create the fastest, deadliest fighter—or an interstellar truck with tons of cargo hold space.
2008's Prince of Persia was one of Ubisoft's strangest experiments—but it's hardly aged a day in 15 years
By Robin Valentine published
PARTNERS IN TIME From its unique combat system to its shocking twist ending, Ubisoft's failed reboot is full of character.
I've finally figured out the answer to Starfield's greatest mystery: why my spaceship's cargo hold is always full of misc items
By Robin Valentine published
CYBERJUNK No more will I be plagued by mystery slippers and mugs.
If you've ever wanted Megan Fox to literally kick your skeleton out of your body, then boy does Mortal Kombat 1 have a fighter for you
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Nitara the vampire returns to the series.
Baldur's Gate 3 has ruined Starfield for me
By Robin Valentine published
WASTING SPACE Bethesda's latest can't help but feel shallow by comparison.
Dungeons & Dragons' latest sale offers cheap ways to get into the game—here's what I recommend picking up
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Start your own monster-slaying adventures today.
Turns out Baldur's Gate 3's companions weren't supposed to be such horndogs: "It was a bug"
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Finally, I can Long Rest in peace.
How to win space battles in Starfield
By Robin Valentine published
FIGHT SCHOOL Become a space ace and strike fear into the Crimson Fleet.
How to hide your spacesuit in Starfield
By Robin Valentine published
SUITS YOU It just seems polite to change into your civilian clothes in cities.
Starfield crafting and research guide: how to unlock and make new items
By Robin Valentine last updated
CRAFT WORK Advance the field of science so that you can make your guns shoot better.
How buggy is Starfield? Somewhat, but definitely less than other Bethesda games
By Mollie Taylor published
Bug Report Here's how Starfield's been running for seven PC Gamer editors.
Baldur's Gate 3 breaks all of D&D 5e's taboos—like an eccentric DM who house-rules everything
By Robin Valentine published
GATE KEEPING Larian have made perhaps the most faithful D&D game yet, but it's nothing like an official Wizards of the Coast campaign.
The Baldur's Gate Gazetteer lets you continue your Baldur's Gate 3 adventures in tabletop D&D—and you can grab it for free right now
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Claim it on D&D Beyond and create your own stories of crime and conspiracy.
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