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
![The masked protagonist of Children of the Sun telekinetically floating a bullet in her hand.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TE7Qg4CUyxfiJXk9coGwB8-320-80.png)
Kill whole camps of cultists with a single bullet in this psychic and psychedelic puzzle shooter
By Robin Valentine published
THE MIND KILLER Children of the Sun is a mind-bending combo of action movie flash and backwoods madness.
![A dwarf in a helicopter in Bore Blasters.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oYPHxTrraMJYQFtwUkJXYN-320-80.jpg)
Bore Blasters' brilliantly silly arcade action finally combines the mining power of dwarves and helicopters
By Robin Valentine published
CHOPPER ORE And it's got a free demo on Steam right now.
![The various game launchers on PC layered over each other in a big mess.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3TCT8nHHFMmJ5rgP85mCwm-320-80.png)
PC gaming's many launchers, reviewed for 2024: Steam still puts the rest to shame
By Robin Valentine published
LAUNCH BREAK Let's put a score on them all—the good, the bad, and the GOGly.
![A platforming sequence with lots of spikes to fall on to in Monster Sniper Season 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/opMuc2TLrtTeyUBLpstbNW-320-80.png)
Meet the amateur developer who's found success in 'the worst videogame of all time'
By Robin Valentine published
WORST IMPRESSIONS Monster Sniper Season 3 is an absolute disaster—and that's the point.
![A Bretonnian army marching to war in Warhammer: The Old World.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vfGvu4QRYc7pjwZ9F8vLHH-320-80.jpg)
Warhammer Fantasy is back—and now it's getting a new tabletop RPG too
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Cubicle 7 will be releasing a tie-in to Games Workshop's grand revival of the setting.
![Several anthropomorphic characters from Cult of the Lamb dance around a fire in the buff.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ck9u4mm5VDGCkhKWuJYiN-320-80.png)
The sexiest thing in Cult of the Lamb's big 'sex update' is a demonic blunderbuss
By Robin Valentine published
FLOCK TEASE Wham bam thank you lamb.
![The covert art for Return to Perinthos, depicting a classical Greek figure.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GU4mMFCmvNiPTaDAxrhFNQ-320-80.png)
Legendary D&D and videogame designer Jennell Jaquays is getting a memorial megadungeon built in her honour
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Return to Perinthos will be a crowdfunded book of dungeon adventuring, with profits benefiting Jaquays' family and the charity Trans Lifeline.
![A psychic warrior fights off gnolls in D&D.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uez6HCGSiTYtWzxZz7DSvQ-320-80.png)
The 5 most ridiculously broken builds in D&D history
By Robin Valentine published
BUILD ME UP From chicken summoners to psionic sandwiches.
![A group of heroes in the cover art for Legend in the Mist.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zdt6dKuh2eUENsQCrk2mUJ-320-80.png)
The new tabletop RPG from the creators of City of Mist is 'rustic fantasy' but 'not another D&D clone'
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Legend in the Mist will be designed for Lord of the Rings-inspired narrative-first adventure, with a Kickstarter launching February.
![A bug-afflicted Joel in the PC port of The Last of Us, with incredibly bushy eyebrows.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4ecZ659tRdcVK7FCbgTh4D-320-80.png)
The biggest PC gaming trends of 2023: 3 that need to stop, and 3 I hope continue into 2024
By Robin Valentine published
AROUND THE TRENDS The good, the bad, and a lot of ugly PC ports.
![Singed sitting in his lab with a mutated Vander hung from the ceiling in Arcane.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oD4UwVwGusGUk8273HYL6f-320-80.png)
A new teaser for Arcane season 2 gives us a glimpse at Vander's dark fate
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS And there's going to be a lot more Arcane content coming to League of Legends this year.
![A rat with a boomerang jumping around in Monster Sniper Season 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vmj53ebdtGxctzefuJwEw8-320-80.png)
You can now play the most infuriating game of all time in your browser, and for some reason I'm hopelessly addicted
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Monster Sniper Season 3 is an absolute nightmare, and that's very much intentional.
![A stylised image of the year 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2tf6CKGRuLY4UUhBSRTyJV-320-80.jpg)
What are your 2024 gaming resolutions?
By Robin Valentine published
HI RES Maybe this is the year you clear that backlog...
![Mei, Torbjorn in Christmas outfits.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q93XymWfaPdhMYBQVzP6En-320-80.jpg)
What games did everyone play over the holidays?
By Mollie Taylor published
happy new year 'Tis the season to be gaming.
![A stained glass window depicting people in Hell.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XjpJABXjHXQg9o9NKRqRUW-320-80.jpg)
A TikToker is trying to deliberately make the worst videogame of all time—and now they're trapped in a hell of their own making
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Unskippable dialogue, an auto-scrolling escort mission, and a dog that explodes into ants when you pet it.
![The Steam Awards 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bmhEdmbbkjSAV4Ero2qGrn-320-80.jpg)
Steam's 2023 GOTY nominations are extremely weird, and I guess that's your fault
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Maybe democracy doesn't work after all.
![banner for the game of the year 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JaQyNovXZ2zbqCsgwRaZua-320-80.png)
Game of the Year 2023: Baldur's Gate 3
By Phil Savage published
The Gotys Celebrating Larian's masterpiece.
![Best story banner for the 2023 game of the years](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qgEugV3f5b85Pep2Jtpnz8-320-80.png)
Best Story 2023: Alan Wake 2
By Jacob Ridley published
The Gotys Remedy's sequel kept us guessing.
![Best adventure game banner for game of the years 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LuYKsXNAWpeZZin9U53rqR-320-80.png)
Best Adventure 2023: Star Wars Jedi – Survivor
By Robert Jones published
The Gotys Respawn improves on Fallen Order in almost every way.
![Best design banner for the game of the year awards 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wyYqoMkcYLuUvHFxLerRy7-320-80.png)
Best Design 2023: Dave the Diver
By Fraser Brown published
The Gotys An absurd chocolate box of systems—it shouldn't work, but in Dave the Diver it does.
![An undead wizard with a collection of books.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2fRSDspBndDUMaoXXTF62e-320-80.jpg)
It's much easier than you think to become a Dungeon Master for D&D and other tabletop RPGs—and have a blast doing it
By Robin Valentine published
DM IT Learning how to DM doesn't need to be a struggle.
![Best Ongoing Game](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M7yFprFuLK7uvDXtzQZGu7-320-80.png)
Best Ongoing Game 2023: Warhammer 40,000 – Darktide
By Robert Jones published
The Gotys After last year's rocky launch, Fatshark's co-op FPS had a great 2023.
![A distorted room in Viewfinder.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o87aa4tM23x6oqqPmHVF3B-320-80.png)
2023's best puzzle game is a delightful box of magic tricks and optical illusions
By Robin Valentine published
With a reality-warping camera and a barrage of ingenious strangeness, Viewfinder surprised me like nothing else this year.
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