Evan Lahti
@elahti.bsky.social
Strategic Director @pcgamer.com • FPS, games, journalism • My name anagrams to Leviathan for some reason
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We've paid Amelia Tyler, the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3, to voice pieces of the PC Gaming Show since 2023. If *we* can do it, a major game studio can definitely pay actors to say "I found some rusted tools" in ARC Raiders.
I'm here to tell you that voice actors (even very very good ones) are not expensive, more than make up for their cost in the value they bring to your game, and if Baldur's Gate can record real actors for every line of dialogue in the game, so can you for your 100 generic barks or even specific ones.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We've paid Amelia Tyler, the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3, to voice pieces of the PC Gaming Show since 2023. If *we* can do it, a major game studio can definitely pay actors to say "I found some rusted tools" in ARC Raiders.
Getting this post tattooed on my forehead now that I've learned that apparently "nearly one in three teens use AI chatbot platforms for social interactions or relationships." www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/fami...
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Getting this post tattooed on my forehead now that I've learned that apparently "nearly one in three teens use AI chatbot platforms for social interactions or relationships." www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/fami...
Yoga is more complicated with armadillos
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Yoga is more complicated with armadillos
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Very spirited @pcgamer.com GOTY meeting this year. Such a variety of games to debate the merits of, not a year where there's a perfect consensus on anything.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Very spirited @pcgamer.com GOTY meeting this year. Such a variety of games to debate the merits of, not a year where there's a perfect consensus on anything.
Stuff that's working in ARC Raiders for me:
- ARCs are a threat, mostly due to relentless pathfinding and sensitivity to alert
- Smooth movement and camera, almost nothing feels like it snags you
- Interiors avoid the drab, copy-pasted feel of other extraction games despite reusing many assets
- ARCs are a threat, mostly due to relentless pathfinding and sensitivity to alert
- Smooth movement and camera, almost nothing feels like it snags you
- Interiors avoid the drab, copy-pasted feel of other extraction games despite reusing many assets
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Stuff that's working in ARC Raiders for me:
- ARCs are a threat, mostly due to relentless pathfinding and sensitivity to alert
- Smooth movement and camera, almost nothing feels like it snags you
- Interiors avoid the drab, copy-pasted feel of other extraction games despite reusing many assets
- ARCs are a threat, mostly due to relentless pathfinding and sensitivity to alert
- Smooth movement and camera, almost nothing feels like it snags you
- Interiors avoid the drab, copy-pasted feel of other extraction games despite reusing many assets
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Remarkably, Arc Raiders is chill. www.pcgamer.com/games/third-...
'One of the chillest communities I’ve ever encountered': Arc Raiders is becoming the anti-Tarkov as solo players choose love over war
It's impolite to shoot at others in Arc Raiders, which is surprising for an extraction shooter but also beautiful.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Remarkably, Arc Raiders is chill. www.pcgamer.com/games/third-...
Got a good achievement today in Ball x Pit
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Got a good achievement today in Ball x Pit
One of my favorite pages we publish each month. Such a great layout from @majora.bsky.social. www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...
The PC game releases we're most excited about in November
If Black Ops isn't your thing, there's a whole slew of early access games on the way.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One of my favorite pages we publish each month. Such a great layout from @majora.bsky.social. www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...
We're calling ourselves the Star Trek Away Team in ARC Raiders
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We're calling ourselves the Star Trek Away Team in ARC Raiders
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“We never validated our core assumptions” is in the running for tech quote of the decade
"We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems, and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available," a former Amazon exec said earlier this year.
As Amazon's game business crumbles, the public is surprised to discover that it was trying to compete with Steam all this time
If you're wondering how it all went so wrong, former VP Ethan Evans might be able to shed some light on things.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“We never validated our core assumptions” is in the running for tech quote of the decade
No grocery stores, no public transit, no fire department, no schools, no connection to the outside world. Someone help, my SimCity is failing
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No grocery stores, no public transit, no fire department, no schools, no connection to the outside world. Someone help, my SimCity is failing
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The 2025 edition of our annual Top 100 list is here, running down the best PC games to play now from the perspective of PC Gamer's 30+ writers and editors.
The top 100 PC games
Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The 2025 edition of our annual Top 100 list is here, running down the best PC games to play now from the perspective of PC Gamer's 30+ writers and editors.
Wasn't really feeling Ball x Pit at first but glad I stuck with it, it's gotten a lot more interesting after you unlock the second set of upgrades and the resource-gathering minigame opens up.
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Wasn't really feeling Ball x Pit at first but glad I stuck with it, it's gotten a lot more interesting after you unlock the second set of upgrades and the resource-gathering minigame opens up.
Finally some gamer representation at the protest
October 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Finally some gamer representation at the protest
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After a week of good times, here's my final Battlefield 6 review.
"Battlefield 6 understands that the best FPS is a place, not just a service. The execution isn't perfect, but the heart is there." www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...
"Battlefield 6 understands that the best FPS is a place, not just a service. The execution isn't perfect, but the heart is there." www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...
Battlefield 6 review
The series that once languished in Call of Duty's shadow now has all the juice.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
After a week of good times, here's my final Battlefield 6 review.
"Battlefield 6 understands that the best FPS is a place, not just a service. The execution isn't perfect, but the heart is there." www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...
"Battlefield 6 understands that the best FPS is a place, not just a service. The execution isn't perfect, but the heart is there." www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...
How can you not love the Samurai in Final Fantasy Tactics
- Say a rhyming poem to protect your friends
- Oops, my poem broke my very expensive katana
- Hat in hand, return to the shop. Sword dealer: "Lady, he's putting my kids through college"
- Sword-poetry industrial complex repeats
- Say a rhyming poem to protect your friends
- Oops, my poem broke my very expensive katana
- Hat in hand, return to the shop. Sword dealer: "Lady, he's putting my kids through college"
- Sword-poetry industrial complex repeats
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How can you not love the Samurai in Final Fantasy Tactics
- Say a rhyming poem to protect your friends
- Oops, my poem broke my very expensive katana
- Hat in hand, return to the shop. Sword dealer: "Lady, he's putting my kids through college"
- Sword-poetry industrial complex repeats
- Say a rhyming poem to protect your friends
- Oops, my poem broke my very expensive katana
- Hat in hand, return to the shop. Sword dealer: "Lady, he's putting my kids through college"
- Sword-poetry industrial complex repeats
Reached that essential point in Final Fantasy Tactics where everyone needs to be a Chemist so they can learn auto-potion, aka Wiegraf Training Montage
October 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reached that essential point in Final Fantasy Tactics where everyone needs to be a Chemist so they can learn auto-potion, aka Wiegraf Training Montage
Been playing a lot of Everybody's Golf and there's this caddy named Arcana who's a tarot card reader that says things like "As it was foretold," or "It is all part of fate's tapestry" when you're making a putt. It's like having Dr. Orpheus on the course and it's very funny
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Been playing a lot of Everybody's Golf and there's this caddy named Arcana who's a tarot card reader that says things like "As it was foretold," or "It is all part of fate's tapestry" when you're making a putt. It's like having Dr. Orpheus on the course and it's very funny
Bird Catholics around the world are hailing this as a landmark discovery for Chocobo Theology
In Final Fantasy Tactics if a unit gains too much faith they leave your party to go find God. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had Beast Tongue and got a monster unit to maximum faith? Of course you haven't. No one has.
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bird Catholics around the world are hailing this as a landmark discovery for Chocobo Theology
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I'm a little surprised so many sites are publishing final reviews of Battlefield 6. Unless everybody was finding full lobbies I could not...I'm not sure anyone has *really* played multiplayer yet. It was 90% bots.
October 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm a little surprised so many sites are publishing final reviews of Battlefield 6. Unless everybody was finding full lobbies I could not...I'm not sure anyone has *really* played multiplayer yet. It was 90% bots.
Enjoyed Absolum a lot. Definitely the most interesting beat 'em up I've ever played, with roguelite elements that I hope we'll see more of in this surprisingly quiet genre. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...
Absolum review: Finally, a beat 'em up with depth
Following in the bootsteps of Golden Axe and Castle Crashers, Absolum places the beat 'em up in a gorgeous fantasy setting.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Enjoyed Absolum a lot. Definitely the most interesting beat 'em up I've ever played, with roguelite elements that I hope we'll see more of in this surprisingly quiet genre. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...
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The latest @pcgamer.com magazine is out now, with world exclusive access to the explosive new all-out warfare FPS Battlefield 6. Plus, Dispatch, Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, Dinolords, Borderlands 4, Gunman Chronicles, Baldur's Gate 2, gaming laptops rated, and much more, too. 💥 tinyurl.com/3ejk738f
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The latest @pcgamer.com magazine is out now, with world exclusive access to the explosive new all-out warfare FPS Battlefield 6. Plus, Dispatch, Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, Dinolords, Borderlands 4, Gunman Chronicles, Baldur's Gate 2, gaming laptops rated, and much more, too. 💥 tinyurl.com/3ejk738f
Main benefit of voiceover in the FFT remake is you learn how many character names you've been saying wrong for 28 years.
October 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Main benefit of voiceover in the FFT remake is you learn how many character names you've been saying wrong for 28 years.
MBS now stands for Madden Battlefield Sims
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
MBS now stands for Madden Battlefield Sims
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.