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
Red Dead Redemption 2 receives unexpected HDR10+ support, reminding us all that there are still cowboys moseying out there somewhere
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The Wild West was, in many ways, a place of high contrasts.
Roblox reveals new AI-powered 3D modeling tools to 'empower the creation of anything, anywhere, by anyone,' which we're probably not meant to read too closely
By Lincoln Carpenter published
news What kid wouldn't be excited by the prospect of rapid monetizability?
Classic Marathon is coming to Steam well before the unclassic Marathon reboot
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The freeware Steam release is an open source community revival of Bungie's 1994 Mac shooter.
A giant snake monster ruined my apple-fueled medieval utopia in the Steam Next Fest demo for this settlement sim
By Lincoln Carpenter published
news It's all fun and games until an apocalyptic fog makes a mess of your orchards.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2: Everything we know
By Lincoln Carpenter, Lauren Morton last updated
Smile, Jack Everything about Bloodlines 2's development, setting, clans, dancing, and more.
Penny's Big Breakaway makes me wish I'd spent more time playing platformers before Penny's Big Breakaway
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Strong platform I think this "going fast" thing is really going to catch on.
Palworld could be a delight if it wasn't so invested in being awful
By Lincoln Carpenter published
KNOCK-OFF EFFECT Shockingly, animal cruelty doesn't make for a fulfilling experience.
The best Lethal Company mods
By Christopher Livingston published
Toolkit of terror Make the horror more horrifying in the hilarious co-op game.
New PC games from 2023: last year's upcoming releases
By Lauren Morton last updated
Upcoming Games Our release date schedule for PC's biggest 2023 games.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: Everything we know
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
In the Na'vi All the latest info about Ubisoft's attempt at playing James Cameron.
Squadron 42: Everything we know about Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign
By Lauren Morton last updated
Star-studded Get up to lightspeed on Squadron 42's cast members and story details.
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.
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.
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