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
This CT scanning company is sowing chaos for Pokémon card collectors by selling X-ray scans of booster packs: 'We firmly believe we stand in the zone of chaotic good'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News You can find out if you're sitting on an unopened Charizard for a scant $75 per pack.
Palworld's community manager says our 'dead game' fixation is ruining gaming: 'I don't think it really serves anyone to push gamers to play the same game, day in and day out'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News "It's not healthy for us."
Indie studio pulls its first game from Steam after realizing it lost the source code: 'We had no established routine to back up our data'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News A heartbreaking testament to the importance of backups.
The Steam Tower Defense Fest is here, bringing sales on games where buildings do the battling
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Or the guys in the buildings if you want to get pedantic
Cool statues at Comic-Con might've leaked upcoming Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver remasters
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Raziel is overdue for a revisit.
Survival RTS Cataclismo added a sandbox mode, because sometimes we just want to make our silly little castles in peace
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News A magical day for merlon enthusiasts.
Scientists think there's a 10-mile-thick layer of diamond beneath the surface of Mercury, which would make you around 876 billion Minecraft pickaxes if my math is right
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Finally, that gifted kid math class has paid off.
Earth Defense Force 6 gets review bombed on Steam over a surprise Epic account requirement when we should all be bombing giant bugs instead
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The bug game? We're review bombing the big bug game? Are we sure?
Dragon Age: The Veilguard will launch on Steam without the clutching, hateful tendrils of the EA app
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Perhaps there is a future worth hoping for.
Fortnite players declare the Cybertruck public enemy number one: 'You are now in a truce with everyone else in the lobby until they're taken down'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News God hunt us all, if we do not hunt Cybertruck to its death.
Stormgate developers say they want to lower the RTS skill floor, not the skill ceiling: 'It's okay to be a high-skill game'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Reforging War In a PC Gaming Show documentary, Frost Giant says it wants "all players, of all skill levels, to be able to enjoy what we love about the RTS genre."
Super Earth grants free mechs to all Helldivers 2 players in celebration of a last-minute Major Order victory
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Never tell me the odds.
An Elden Ring streamer killed Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss in one hit and only needed to juggle 5 consumables, 3 weapons, 4 helmets, and 5 talismans to do it
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Git gud (at juggling).
Baldur's Gate 3 dev says it's Larian's philosophy to 'fuel and reward' player creativity: 'They found a way to exploit the game, let them have it, it's awesome'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Larian followed an "edge-case implementation checklist" to build a game you can beat after breaking it.
Your Dragon Age: The Veilguard character can be voiced by the guy who did all the Baldur's Gate 3 sex noises
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News No confirmation whether they also got the bear, though.
Warner Bros acquires MultiVersus devs as it shifts focus to free-to-play
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Player First Games enters the Warner Bros. umbrella after three years on MultiVersus.
Epic's bringing the joy of mocking a passing Cybertruck to Fortnite
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News They know this season's called "Wrecked," right?
TennoCon's Warframe: 1999 demo reveals '90s instant messenger clients, motorcycle stunts, and an Infested space mutant boy band
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Alongside Y2K nostalgia, Warframe's next chapter brings its first romance system.
Great news: Soulframe will have customizable moms
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News TennoCon 2024 reveals a motherly intro for Warframe's sister game
The open beta for Throne and Liberty, Amazon's latest MMO import, is available now
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Beware: Here be cutscenes with sand worm.
Devolver announces Forestrike, a kung fu roguelike where you can plan your moves in advance
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Precognitive punching lets you master your brawls before they begin.
Apex Legends suffers close to 30,000 negative Steam reviews in one week as the battle pass bombing campaign continues
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?
The VFX company behind that Dead Island reveal trailer we all obsessed over in 2011 is shutting down
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Axis Studios produced cinematics for Bungie, Blizzard, Riot, and more.
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