Lincoln Carpenter

Lincoln Carpenter

News Writer

Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 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

The Caves of Qud character creation genotype selection screen, showing Mutated Animal and Mutated Plant stocks added by the Diaspora expansion.
Finally: Our favorite roguelike for sickos will let me play as a sapient tree

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Diaspora, Caves of Qud's first expansion, enters early access in December.

News
The Deadlock hero image from the City Never Sleeps update, edited to show Heathcliff's Summer Mummy, Humpty Dumpty, and Bigfoot.
Don't worry, Valve: I've got your next Deadlock character concepts sorted

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

MONSTER MASH The Cursed Apple is ready for Humpty Dumpty and the Loch Ness Monster's Precocious Preteen Child.

MONSTER MASH
An economic chart showing a downturn; key art of Vampire Crawlers, showing a dracula against a full moon.
Vampire games on Steam are a recession indicator and I have the charts to prove it

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

blood money Nothing is scarier during Halloween season than amateur statistics.

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blood money
Warhammer Survivors launches on November 10 and its demo is available now

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Roguelike
A collage of stills from Necromunda: Hired Gun, Shadows of New York, and Skald.
11 underappreciated games you should buy in the Steam Autumn Sale, according to some of our biggest genre sickos

By Tyler Wilde Published

deep cuts We asked 11 very particular PCG staffers what game they think everyone should buy in Steam's Autumn Sale—here's what they picked.

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deep cuts
GTA 6 marketing stunt reveals none of our UK editors have heard of the Miami Heat

By Ted Litchfield Published

ball is life I don't even know ball but I feel like I'm losing my mind.

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ball is life
An HG 1/144 Bau Bahlam model kit posed to appear as if revving its chainsaw macuahuitl motor.
I've been skeptical about Bandai Namco's upcoming Gundam game—but then I saw this model kit's chainsaw macuahuitl

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News It's a compelling argument.

News
Former head coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks on during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Acrisure Stadium on January 5, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dear former NFL head coach Mike Tomlin: Your 12-year Minecraft city is beautiful

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News It may or may not have contributed to the Steelers' years of postseason woes—but at least it's walkable.

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News
A trio of jets in Project Wingman.
If Ace Combat's too pricey, this excellent indie alternative is on sale for just $12.50

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News And it's got better out-of-the-box HOTAS and VR support, too.

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News
Two abstract people-shapes occupying a glossy couch in a glossy house in Frutiger Home.
At last: I can build a home out of raw Windows Vista-era nostalgia

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Frutiger Home is a house builder for those who yearn for the glossiest time in tech.

News
A modded Goku sitting on the subway in Marvel's Spider-Man.
I've identified the least probable Goku on Nexus Mods and it only took 5 hours

By Lincoln Carpenter Last updated

Z-MODDERS Seeking saiyans in unlikely places.

Z-MODDERS
An Ace Combat dogfight is the world's coolest form of physics problem

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Games
Discord's mascot, Wumpus, visibly weeping.
The internet is ritualistically murdering Discord's cartoon mascot

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Is that good?

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News
A nightmarish obelisk occupying a wing of a library in Something is Wrong with the Library.
Steam's tidying game trend is about to get the haunted meat it's been missing

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Something is Wrong with the Library is bringing some much-needed texture to organizing sims.

News
Cath Bowie, named the oldest female Fortnite streamer by Guinness World Records; a gun-toting character in Fortnite.
This 78-year-old grandmother has an insatiable lust for violence (in Fortnite)

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News The Guinness World Recordholder for oldest female Fortnite streamer says her one goal is "to go in and eliminate folk."

News
Looks like Bungie wants to make runners fight a Gundam

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

FPS
Dylan Faden looking at a projected film of Casper Darling, which is displaying the caption "FUN!" in large text.
Control Resonant embarrasses me, specifically, with a launch day hotfix negating my main review complaint

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Enemy damage sponginess shouldn't be as severe for the rest of you, at least.

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News
Discord is not my friend

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Platforms
My first MMO character #4: Lincoln Carpenter

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

World of Warcraft
Join me in meditating on clubbing a WoW scorpion

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

World of Warcraft
A humanoid ragdoll pointing a gun at the head of another in People Playground.
Steam game disables mods after facing its second Workshop malware outbreak this year

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News A self-replicating virus is once again wreaking havoc on People Playground.

News
An orc fighting a scorpion in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Sometimes it's fun to hit a scorpion with a club for 38 seconds

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

SLOW ROLL And we could all stand to remember that.

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SLOW ROLL
A triple image showing a character from Old School Runescape, World of Warcraft, and Toontown.
A tribute to PC Gamer's first MMO characters—may they never be forgotten

By Harvey Randall Published

FOREVER QUEST I was never a good rogue.

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FOREVER QUEST
Gabe Newell in a recording studio; Batzorig Vaanchig and his group perform at the Grand Theater of National Art in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Counter-Strike co-creator says Valve employees once endured daily psychic damage from the founder's fixation.

News
Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda, and puts Activision in charge of Halo

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Xbox says it's now "roughly three-quarters of the way" to completing its planned 3,200 job cuts.

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News
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