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.
helicopter game: 1982's Choplifter, which came with the Apple IIe computer my dad bought from Radio Shack. I played it until my thumb was sore from pushing the joystick button: bombing tanks and barracks on the ground, dodging jets in the sky, and rescuing the little hostages frantically waving for help. All these years later I still keep my eyes peeled for any new helicopter games with a bit of that ol' arcadey Choplifter spirit in them.
Like the fact that the earth is being invaded by green lizardmen called reptoids and your helicopter—your—is sentient and needs to consume blood to live. Just imagine Knight Rider but if KITT murdered aliens and sucked up their blood through his vents, and was also a helicopter. As you blast your way through the map blowing aliens into bloody chunks, you can collect pizza tokens to spend on upgrades back at your base. Better armor, bigger guns, energy and plasma weapons, and more.
There's a lot of laughs in the story segments of the game, too: the tough and gritty pilot you play is named"Jack Copter," and the general you report to immediately admits this mission isn't about your duty as a soldier, it's about"a pure thirst for blood." Everything is hyped up to be as badass as possible: when you capture radio towers which pinpoint enemies on the map, the game exclaims"MAXIMUM RADAR!" which always makes me laugh.
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