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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

Ryan Gosling looking worse for wear looking up lit by purple light

AI is 10 to 20 times more likely to help you build a bomb if you hide your request in cyberpunk fiction, new research paper says

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 23 April 26

News After jailbreaking AI with adversarial poetry, researchers reveal what they call a "critical gap" in current AI safety practices.

A disembodied hand sprays a stream of fire at skeletons in Masters of Albion.

Here's when Masters of Albion launches in your timezone

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 21 April 26

LAUNCH TIMES New Molyneaux.

Crusader Kings 3 Best Mods

Crusader Kings 3's next major expansions will bring playable Popes and merchant republics

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 20 April 26

News Chapter 5's expansions will introduce a suite of new religion and trade mechanics.

The giant warship Tartarus flying over a wartorn cityscape.

I've always wanted to fire the infinite cannons of a giant anime battleship, and this solo dev's giving me a chance on Steam later this year

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 17 April 26

News Who among us hasn't yearned for a super dimension fortress of their very own?

Mark Darrah

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah says it's valuable to have 'an idiot at the table' during game development—but only if they can remember who the experts are

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 17 April 26

News And they told me designated idiot wasn't a viable career path.

A mecha in flight in Omega Phenex Commenced Project Six.

While I go stir-crazy waiting for another FromSoft game, I'm counting on these 4 indie Armored Core-likes to satisfy my mecha cravings when they hit Steam

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 15 April 26

News Put me back in the robot.

A pair of cards from the Secret Lair x Dwarf Fortress: Create New World set against a screenshot from Dwarf Fortress.

Dwarf Fortress is coming to Magic: The Gathering and I'm beginning to suspect Wizards of the Coast is targeting me, specifically

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 14 April 26

News ASCII art, meet card art.

A pikachu knockoff in Pickmon.

Palworld imitator Pickmon changes a single title letter 'to better align with our brand identity' and definitely not for any other reason, guys, honest

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 13 April 26

Publisher NetworkGo says its title tweak is "a better vessel for the fantasy adventure we are building for you."

Survival & Crafting

Roblox - three types of virtual avatars holding shopping bags, floating in a mall

Roblox unveils new Roblox Plus monthly subscription that pays creators who get players to sign up for the new Roblox Plus monthly subscription

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 10 April 26

News Capturing half of the games industry's consumer sales growth apparently wasn't enough.

Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is ending support for game purchases and subscriptions from third-party stores, and users will lose streaming access to purchased third-party games in June

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 10 April 26

News Luna users' previously purchased EA, Ubisoft, and GOG games will still be accessible on their associated platforms.

The player loads a magazine into a rifle while overlooking a snowy region in Road to Vostok. A helicopter is flying in the distance.

Survival shooter Road to Vostok 'secured the entire production budget for this game for years and years to come' within 24 hours of its Steam early access launch

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 9 April 26

News You could buy a lot of cans of pea soup with that kind of money.

A trio of Temtem tamers riding their Temtem in Temtem: Pioneers, a Temtem game with Temtem in it.

One of Steam's most successful Pokémon-likes is doing a Palworld

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 9 April 26

News Temtem: Pioneers probably won't have any assault rifles, however.

HipHopGamer against a backdrop screenshot of Vice City from GTA 6.

HipHopGamer says GTA 6's user-generated content 'will produce millionaires'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 8 April 26

News HHG also teased "a small exclusive" about a GTA 6 side mission.

The character customization menu added by Khione96's Character Creator mod for Crimson Desert.

Crimson Desert female character creator mod lets you cook up your own gender-swapped Kliff, and there's a male version in the works

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 8 April 26

News Be the Kliff you want to see in the world.

Marathon Protect/Destroy 4: A close-up of MIDA's Gantry liaison.

As frustration with Marathon cheaters intensifies, Bungie says improvements to its 'zero-tolerance policy around cheating' are underway: 'This is an area that we will continue to invest in'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 7 April 26

News It's also investigating how to better manage player toxicity and stream sniping.

Damiane in Crimson Desert.

Devious Crimson Desert players are sending NPCs tumbling to their deaths by weaponizing their insatiable apple cravings

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 6 April 26

News It's a sandbox, they said. Let people have their own fun, they said.

A Gundam Battle Operation 2 illustration of the Crossbone Gundam paired with a screenshot of Kliff from Crimson Desert.

Your joys will always be someone else's junk

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 6 April 26

SUIT YOURSELF People don't like a game I've been playing, and that's okay.

echo point nova game

Our favorite open world FPS indie gem is getting New Game+, Spider-Man swinging, and wallrunning later this month

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 3 April 26

News Another excuse to play more Echo Point Nova? How could I refuse?

Slay the Spire 2's new mystery character

Mega Crit co-founder says he wasn't bothered by the Steam backlash to Slay the Spire 2's beta balance patch: 'It's difficult for players to feel like they're heard'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 2 April 26

News Casey Yano says that, ultimately, reviewers are just using the tools they're given.

Marathon Survival Directive - Runner

Marathon game director says Bungie's rebalancing 'god-like' knife damage, buffing Vandal and Recon shells, and knocking bubble shields down a peg

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 2 April 26

News Maybe Recon's tracker drone will start terrorizing someone else for once.

Pikachu crying in Pokemon: The First Movie

US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 1 April 26

News Nintendo has plenty of space to respond, however.

Xal'atath sneers at the viewer in World of Warcraft: Midnight.

WoW's latest raid cinematic could be the start of a massive story retcon for its worst expansion

By Harvey Randall Published 1 April 26

News Death is not the end.

marathon thief

Bungie nerfs Marathon's slide cancel movement tech, says no movement freaks allowed: 'Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 31 March 26

News Please just kill me like a normal person.

Arc Raiders: An upper-body shot of a character wearing warm clothes as they fiddle with something out of shot in a snowy environment.

Arc Raiders' latest update brings its best improvement yet: Making late spawns less awful

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 31 March 26

News If you head out with your own loadout, you'll be less likely to find yourself in a half-finished match.

Astromech droid, mass murderer, and historic keystone R2-D2.

Star Wars Zero Company's lead mission designer is eagerly waiting to watch all your all-astromech challenge runs: 'Granted, it might not be a very easy thing to do'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published 26 March 26

News D-Squad rides again.

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