Philip Palmer

Philip Palmer

Phil is a contributor for PC Gamer, formerly of TechRadar Gaming. With four years of experience writing freelance for several publications, he's covered every genre imaginable. For 15 years he's done technical writing and IT documentation, and more recently traditional gaming content. He has a passion for the appeal of diversity, and the way different genres can be sandboxes for creativity and emergent storytelling. With thousands of hours in League of Legends, Overwatch, Minecraft, and countless survival, strategy, and RPG entries, he still finds time for offline hobbies in tabletop RPGs, wargaming, miniatures painting, and hockey.

Articles by: Philip Palmer

A Starfield character standing in front of a giant computer terminal.

Starfield console commands and cheats

By Christopher Livingston last updated

commander Enable god mode, give yourself a million credits, and many more Starfield console commands and cheats.

Starfield lockpicking - a woman stands in front of a vast collection of safes and locked containers strewn with digipicks

How Starfield lockpicking works and where to find digipicks

By Lauren Aitken last updated

Safety first Open doors and loot people!

The city of Baldur's Gate.

9 things you should know about the city of Baldur's Gate before you start Baldur's Gate 3

By Philip Palmer published

STREET SMARTS The iconic city has a long history on the tabletop and in videogames, and it's full of secrets.

Mortal Kombat 1

Mortal Kombat 1 roster: all the new and returning characters

By Philip Palmer published

Round 1 Klarity on the konfirmed klassic kombatants.

Assassin's Creed Mirage — Basim leaps into combat with sword and dagger.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage: everything we know about the return to AC’s roots

By Philip Palmer last updated

Revamp All the details on Assassin’s Creed Mirage, from release date to the setting and more.

Front Mission 1st: Remake

Front Mission 1st: Remake is an appetizer for better mech strategy RPGs to come

By Philip Palmer published

Wanzers! The mech classic gets a tune-up, but no spinning rims.

Johnny Castaway, screensaver

I spent hours tracking down a game I barely remembered from my childhood, and it turned out it was a screensaver

By Philip Palmer published

Desktop pal My favorite game turned out to be Johnny Castaway, the forefather of virtual pets.

Mineko's Night market - a young girl in a hooded sweatshirt stands in front of a cat and four elderly men performing magic

Mineko’s Night Market is a cozy slice of life with a huge helping of cats and crafts

By Philip Palmer published

News Crafting trinkets weirder than late night shopping network.

Lakeburg Legacies animation - a painterly illustration of a man turning to look at another woman in homage to the Distracted Boyfriend meme

Cozy sim Lakeburg Legacies shows the real perfect match is city building and dating sims

By Philip Palmer published

News Become the cozy romantic dictator you truly are deep inside.

Venba - a woman with dark hair smiles down at a cooking pot while standing in a kitchen

Venba's gorgeous meals stir up the joy and challenge of recreating family recipes

By Philip Palmer published

News This narrative food adventure has announced its July launch date.

Pekoe - a cat stands in a teashop waving

In cozy cat cafe sim Pekoe the cats are the ones running the show

By Philip Palmer published

News All the purrtinent details on this doily-core sim launching this month.

Image for Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FTS/RTS hybrid with lots of promise

Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FTS/RTS hybrid with lots of promise

By Philip Palmer published

hands-on The bug battle is out in early access now.

Magic: the Gathering, Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth - Gandalf creates fireworks for hobbits

Aragorn, but in card form: Magic: The Gathering and Lord of the Rings are a fated crossover

By Philip Palmer published

news One Sol Ring to rule them all.

Lilith, an infamous demon who's the primary antagonist of Diablo 4.

Diablo 4: Everything we know

By Fraser Brown last updated

Hell All the latest on Diablo 4's classes, gameplay, cross-play, and more.

Minecraft sniffer - the sniffer looks up at the new cherry blossom tree

Minecraft sniffer: what we know about the new forager friends

By Philip Palmer published

Nose Knows The giant new sniffer mob is here with Minecraft 1.20 and is actually an ancient overworld creature.

Angry looking astronaut

Returnal beginners guide: Starter tips to get the most out of each life

By Philip Palmer published

Back again Death, and how to make it pay.

Minecraft animation - mob vote teaser, alex and an allay stand together

Minecraft's most annoying feature is finally turned off in the latest update

By Philip Palmer published

news My nemesis has been defeated.

Warhammer 40,000 wallpapers

Darktide made us hungry for sick Warhammer 40K art, so here's 40 wallpapers for your desktop or phone

By Philip Palmer published

Grimdope Darktide has us wanting to pay homage to the Golden Throne.

Participants play a Magic: The Gathering card game during a weekly tournament at the Uncommons hobby shop in New York, U.S., on Thursday, June 27, 2019. In the battle for gaming dominance, Hasbro Inc. has what it hopes is an ace up its sleevein a deck of playing cards that hit the market 26 years ago.

Magic’s $1000 30th Anniversary set evoked nostalgia, but for whom?

By Philip Palmer published

Magical Malpractice We need a Circle of Protection: Wallet.

A squad of Warhammer 40k Necromunda gangers painted by @under_construction_painting.

The best hobby tools for getting started with miniatures

By Philip Palmer published

Miniature Madness Thinking about assembling and painting Warhammer 40K and other miniatures over the holiday break? Here's a quick-start guide.

Darktide veteran build - the veteran aiming a lasgun

The best Veteran build in Warhammer 40K: Darktide

By Philip Palmer published

Kill shot Suppress the chaos hordes with your sharpshooting prowess.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide art

How does Warhammer 40K: Darktide compare to Vermintide 2?

By Wes Fenlon published

🔫 vs. ⚔ Has Fatshark made a worthy follow-up to one of our favorite co-op games?

Deliver Us Mars - an astronaut looks through the glass at Earth

Deliver Us Mars gave me two climbing axes, a robot pal and a mystery to solve

By Philip Palmer published

Martian Melancholy Try not to end up dead on red.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters - a dreadnought and four grey knights hang out in the new Duty Eternal DLC

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' first DLC has Dreadnoughts aplenty

By Philip Palmer published

Robo Coffins And also more floating skulls, if you’re into that sort of thing

2022 games: image of two characters in science-fiction mining equipment talking to each other from game The Callisto Protocol

2022 game releases: everything that launched on PC last year

By Lauren Morton last updated

What's new? The calendar of new games coming to PC in 2022, broken down month-by-month.

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