Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'
News Projects like Godot are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.
Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
News Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.
Brace for more Belmont: Konami says Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is just 'the beginning of numerous new products around Castlevania'
News What a wonderful night to have a curse!
I can now say I've been killed by a nonogram thanks to this roguelike that turns Picross into a dungeon crawler
News I always knew I'd go out this way.
One of the best-reviewed new games on Steam right now is about feeding raccoons and cryptids with the cosmic, Lynchian oven of your eerie woodland house
News It's the neighborly thing to do.
Valve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands
News Close enough, welcome back Half-Life.
Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it's four times hotter than the surface of the sun
News It's always right when you get back home from a road trip that you realize you've been carrying a thermonuclear hazard.
Relooted is a fine heist game—but it's a better history lesson
DETHIEVED Correcting dark historic wrongs can feel surprisingly bright.
Players discover once again that World of Warcraft is powered by invisible bunnies that make everything work
News Great truths are only briefly forgotten.
Here's what happens if you don't complete Discord age verification
age appropriate If you don't want to give Discord your details, here's what you'll lose access to when teen-by-default settings hit.
Build A Rocket Boy dumpster fire flares up in exciting new ways as its co-CEO reportedly claims the 'guys who've been sabotaging MindsEye' have been identified—and will be demonized via an in-game spy mission
News You can say and do all kinds of things when you're running a company.
'I'm going to be sick': Arc Raiders players react with an appropriate level of revulsion after discovering Embark committed the cardinal sin of placing a stop sign in a weird spot
News Adherence to Italy's Regolamento di Esecuzione e di Attuazione del Nuovo Codice della Strada is no laughing matter.
Nioh 3 director says Lies of P was a major source of inspiration while crafting the samurai soulslike's yokai bosses: 'It was great stimulation'
News Shoutout to puppets.
Turkish government proposes legislation that would throttle Steam and other gaming platforms into unusability if they don't comply with demands for company data and content removal
News Companies that fail to deliver their information within five days would face escalating fines and up to 90% bandwidth restriction.
Helldivers 2 has a tank now
News Alright, it's technically a tank destroyer. Sorry, tank enthusiasts.
Civilization 7 players can once again play as a single civilization in a massive overhaul update that's 'tentatively' coming in spring: 'Together, these updates are similar in scope to an expansion'
News To hold us over in the meantime, Firaxis added everyone's best friend: Gilgamesh.
One third of US games industry workers were laid off in the last 2 years, GDC survey says
News Almost half of laid-off respondents say they've been unable to find new work.
After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they're really dead: 'God personally stepping in to correct the world itself'
News Sometimes there's only one way to be sure.
Deadlock's big update added one very important feature: A secret bedroom for its teeny tiny dream-gremlin
News Short kings only.
Sorry if this jinxes it, but the latest Monster Hunter Wilds performance improvement patch seems like it actually improved performance
News I'm as shocked as anyone.
Baldur's Gate 3 modder adds legally distinct Poké Balls so you can 'capture non-player characters inside a ball and free them later (or don't)'
News Fun for all ages! As long as you're not the one in the ball!
The Midnight Walkers launch time and release date
Launch times Spoilers: The Midnight Walkers isn't launching at midnight. Unless you're in Greenland.
