Lincoln Carpenter
Lincoln has been writing about games for 11 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining 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

There's already a Monster Hunter Wilds mod to change your appearance without a DLC voucher
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News How safe it is to use is another matter.

You can save rare hunts for later in Monster Hunter Wilds, so you can come back for that Rey Dau gem when it's convenient
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News A monster saved is a monster… slain. Eventually.

All monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
Hunter's Guide A hunting handbook for every new and returning monster.

PSA: If Monster Hunter Wilds is crashing, try turning off frame generation
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The extra frames are nice. The exploding software, less so.

Monster Hunter Wilds multiplayer guide: How to hunt with your buddies
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
party time Every hunter's greatest test is finding their friends.

How to get a Speartuna Fin in Monster Hunter Wilds
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Ef-fish-ient To make a fish sword, you'll need a swordfish.

The 34 best Minecraft skins to give your avatar a cool new look
By Lauren Morton last updated
Dress sense Check out the 34 best Minecraft skins based on video games, anime, and even a few memes.

Monster Hunter Wilds review: Best in class monster combat, even with all the crashes
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Guild certified Hitting dinosaurs with hammers never felt so good.

Avowed: everything we know about Obsidian's next big RPG
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
Skyrim-esque Set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity, Avowed is Obsidian's big new first-person RPG.

With Adventure mode squared away, Dwarf Fortress is entering a 'new era of development' as its devs shift focus toward future features
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Today, fruit. Tomorrow, sorcery.

To make its fantasy extraction game, this studio of ex-Blizzard devs had to teach itself the art of third-person combat design: 'There's a science to how those are built'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News In Legacy: Steel & Sorcery, "combat is king."

Discord finally adds an Ignore feature so you can gently silence someone's rancid vibes
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News At last: a better way to shun.

Monster Hunter wilds beta: How to defeat Doshaguma
By Lincoln Carpenter published
party crashing Send these pack monsters packing.

Unique items in Path of Exile 2 need to take more inspiration from Grim Dawn's diarrhea pants
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Itemized complaints Husk of Dreams indeed.

Civilization 7 early access unlock time and release date
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Launch times Here's when you can enter the new age of making history.

Monster Hunter Wilds beta release time and rewards
By Kara Phillips last updated
Get hunting Here's what you need to know about the second Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test.

War Thunder players take a break from leaking classified information to review bomb their beloved game for adding an auction house
By Rich Stanton published
News "Give it a year and they'll have exclusive vehicles in it."

Destiny 2's latest season will run a lengthy 5 months, implying a July launch date for Frontiers
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Heresy's in-game season countdown gives us our best ETA on the next expansion.

'I feel extremely insulted by this': Platinum removes most of its games from its website, erasing the last signs of life for Project GG
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Someone's forgotten their Bayonetta Origins.

Warner Bros. says that's all, folks for Multiversus: The next season will be its last, but you'll be able to play offline 'for the foreseeable future'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Banana Guard, I hardly knew ye.

Banks in Japan are blocking Steam payments for sex games, leaving Japanese adult game devs cut off from income
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Stalled Steam profits are prompting free speech concerns.

Sometimes fashion is an XXXXXXL purse for holding an entire desktop computer that's also an advertisement for a web browser
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Sure!

This ancient city sim constantly simulates 1000 NPCs in a clockwork murder sandbox where you can poison someone's drink and leave 'confident that you've pulled off the perfect crime'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Streets of Fortuna is marching its way up my wishlist.
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