Lincoln Carpenter
Lincoln started writing about games while convincing his college professors to accept his essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress, eventually leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte. After three years freelancing for PC Gamer, he joined on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.
Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is really hoping you'll show up already loving Avatar
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Blue Cry The big, blue catboy Far Cry that someone very specific has been waiting for.
Lies of P review: Pinocchio is cool now
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Puppet Show Even with strings attached, Lies of P holds its own.
26 common and extremely specific HUD elements, ranked from worst to best
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Screen stars Screw it, let's rank waypoints, ammo counters, mana bars, and other HUD staples.
This Contra-like is a celebration of spread guns and gnarly flesh
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Fresh meat Plus you can be a little shark guy. For him, I'm guessing the flesh is a bonus.
Item description reveals Starfield as a dark future without Labrador retrievers
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News One giant leap for mankind, one titanic tragedy for man's best friend.
Drunk with power, modders have started putting Armored Cores in Elden Ring
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News I love a mid-season upgrade.
Alan Wake 2: Everything we know
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
Reawakened All the Alan Wake 2 details about Remedy’s next chapter for the long-absent author.
Everything we know about Crimson Desert
By Stacey Henley last updated
Blood Red The new open world action game isn't a direct sequel to Black Desert Online, but expect some similarities.
Skate: everything we know about the series revival so far
By Stacey Henley last updated
ollie whoop Everything we know about Skate 4, including the confirmed PC release, who's making it, and when to expect it.
The Steam sale superstars you should never buy for full price
By Lincoln Carpenter published
💸 If they're not on sale now, they will be soon.
XDefiant: Everything we know about Ubisoft's free-to-play FPS
By Morgan Park last updated
XD All the info we have on XDefiant, newly freed from the Clancyverse.
God help me, Pinocchio might become the coolest protagonist of 2023
By Lincoln Carpenter published
👺 After a few hours hands-on with Lies of P, I'm bought in on Pinocchio Souls.
Indie soulslike Bleak Faith: Forsaken is a cautionary tale written in jank
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Ouch Proof, in Soulslike form, that game development is hard.
Everything we know about Forspoken, Square Enix's next big action-RPG
By Wes Fenlon last updated
ForSquare Here's what we learned about the open world Forspoken, coming in 2023.
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.
Dwarf Fortress review
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Digging Deep Dwarf Fortress tunnels onto Steam in all its unfathomable glory.
The Dark Souls 2 defenders are still logged on
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Majula Dreamin' Bearers continue to seek seek lest
11 games with impressively tiny install sizes in 2022
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Smol A strategy guide for your next game of disk space Tetris.
The big games from the last decade we forgot ever existed
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Memory hole Remembering some not-so-old faces.
The existential horror of playing Mount & Blade 2 on easy mode
By Lincoln Carpenter published
God fearing The fine line between heroics and horror.
Shadow Warrior 3 review
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Lo-Wering the Bar Boomer shooter Shadow Warrior 3 revives a hero we never needed.
RIP moon: an elegy for the big rock videogames love to blow up
By Lincoln Carpenter published
🌛 Even if the moon is haunted, that's no excuse for treating it as poorly as we have.
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