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.
You think Gordon Freeman had it tough? Dude never had to stop what he was doing and run to the bathroom to poop while fighting his way through interdimensional monsters and psychotic marines in the Black Mesa Research Facility.
So… what if you were one of those hapless science dorks Gordon left behind in Black Mesa? That's how the Steam Next Fest demo for co-op survival gamebegins, on your first day at work in a sprawling underground facility. You're a scientist, but rather than the action hero antics of Gordon Freeman, you're mostly gonna have to rely on your brain when everything goes wrong and the facility is invaded by interdimensional horrors.
Crafting in Abiotic Factor starts humbly enough, using torn strips of fabric as nets to catch and immobilize alien critters . But there's plenty more gizmos down the tech tree that would make Isaac Kleiner proud, like laser cannons, proximity mines, electric traps, and teleporters. And while I haven't found a crowbar, I'm doing pretty well with a hammer, a screwdriver, and a knife I found in a kitchen.
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