Luke Winkie

Luke Winkie

Contributing Writer

Luke Winkie is a freelance journalist and contributor to many publications, including PC Gamer, The New York Times, Gawker, Slate, and Mel Magazine. In between bouts of writing about Hearthstone, World of Warcraft and Twitch culture here on PC Gamer, Luke also publishes the newsletter On Posting. As a self-described "chronic poster," Luke has "spent hours deep-scrolling through surreptitious Likes tabs to uncover the root of intra-publication beef and broken down quote-tweet animosity like it’s Super Bowl tape." When he graduated from journalism school, he had no idea how bad it was going to get.

Latest articles by Luke Winkie

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How Fortnite PvE fans feel about Battle Royale taking over the game they love

By Luke Winkie Published

Soul search What's it like to watch your favorite game overshadowed by a spin-off mode?

Soul search
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Delayed, irrelevant, phenomenon: How Fortnite became the biggest game in the world

By Luke Winkie Published

Royalty A step-by-step history of Fortnite's troubled production and the Battle Royale mode's incredible rise.

Royalty
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The best-looking World of Warcraft armor of all time

By Luke Winkie Published

Showboat First rule of raiding: you have to look *fabulous*.

Showboat
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One of the worst games of all time is now on Steam: Revisiting Drake of the 99 Dragons

By Luke Winkie Published

Second chances Does Drake live up to its reputation as a horrible game? And why did it get released on Steam in 2018?

Second chances
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Watch the streamer who beats super hard games using a DDR pad

By Luke Winkie Published

Dance Dance Peekingboo has built a loyal following on Twitch by beating every single game he streams with a DDR pad.

Dance Dance
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Great puzzles in PC gaming

By Luke Winkie, PC Gamer Published

Brain food Now these are some damn good puzzles.

Brain food
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At the Overwatch Collegiate Championship young players dream of making big money as pros

By Luke Winkie Published

Path to pro We traveled to the Fiesta Bowl to see if college Overwatch is set to become a talent pipeline for the League.

Path to pro
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Rust review

By Luke Winkie Published

Naked Gun Rust is one of the cruelest games on Steam, and that's what makes it so compelling.

Naked Gun
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What it's like to kill a game

By Luke Winkie Published

Acceptance How developers and community managers deal with the process and pain of shutting down online communities.

Acceptance
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The strange satisfaction of loot box simulators

By Luke Winkie Published

Skins game You don't get to keep anything, but it's still fun to crack open those crates.

Skins game
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The unstoppable rise of Hearthstone's Ben Brode

By Luke Winkie Published

Laugh Track From pizza slinger to the brains and voice of Blizzard's CCG behemoth.

Laugh Track
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Modders are making their own version of massive space opera board game Twilight Imperium

By Luke Winkie Published

Space is big Thanks to Tabletop Simulator the home-made ruleset called Shattered Ascension is finding new life in digital form.

Space is big
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What do esports winners spend their money on?

By Luke Winkie Published

$$$ We ask Hearthstone World Championship competitors what they'll do with their winnings.

$$$
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Wolfenstein 2 isn't available in Israel, so gamers protested with a parody about Hitler's mustache

By Luke Winkie Published

Defiant The New Colossus was censored in Germany, but not sold at all in Israel. The creators of Wolfenstäche want to know why.

Defiant
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RIP, AIM: Remembering how we used to talk on the internet

By Luke Winkie Published

Doorslam.wav A eulogy for AOL Instant Messenger, and how it changed the way we talk about games and everything else.

Doorslam.wav
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PUBG Miramar map guide: The best spots so far

By Luke Winkie Published

guide Tips on looting and shooting in PUBG's desert map.

guide
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In hyperrealistic Doom mod Hideous Destructor, you have to pick up your shell casings

By Luke Winkie Published

SimDoom "Use slot 9 or look down in case you're bleeding to death."

SimDoom
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The rarest Steam games

By Luke Winkie Published

MIA Some disappeared after legal squabbles and lapsed rights. And some are just that bad.

MIA
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Why World of Warcraft: Classic is deceptively tough to make

By Luke Winkie Published

Serverside Emulating World of Warcraft is one thing, but Blizzard's mission is much bigger in scope.

Serverside
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The modders obsessed with making the PC's most realistic sims even more realistic

By Luke Winkie Published

Arma 3 simulates bullet gravity. Why not add wind, air pressure, humidity, and the Coriolis effect?

Gaming Industry
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This was the most devastating grenade thrown at this weekend's PUBG tournament

By Luke Winkie Published

news One nade, three kills. This insane throw was one of the highlights of the weekend.

news
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PUBG pros lived and died by the car in the first day of IEM competition

By Luke Winkie Published

IEM With vehicle-busting assault rifles appearing more frequently, getting behind the wheel became a dodgy proposition.

IEM
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What it's like to date a popular videogame streamer

By Luke Winkie Published

Engagement We spoke to the other halves of gaming YouTubers and found a strange world of semi-celebrity that brings serious ups and downs.

Engagement
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The making of Frodan: Who needs RNG when you work this hard?

By Luke Winkie Published

Dan's Game We hung out with the voice of Hearthstone at the Summer Finals and discovered he could have gone into politics instead of casting.

Dan's Game
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Oriental Empires review

By Luke Winkie Published

Bronze Medal Oriental Empires is a well-considered 4X game, and that’s about it.

Bronze Medal
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