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.
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Art? A game once lauded for having the "emotional impact of great art" is now mostly forgotten—except by Youtubers.

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Oasis Autcraft is a haven like few others on the internet—free from bullying, with a strong and supportive community.

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STONKS Second Life meets libertarianism. It's somehow more fun than it sounds.

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low charge The 2020 rotation sees five cards banished from Standard, including the chicken-loving charger.

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Unholy Blizzard finally answers the question: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent Classic Priest set?"

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Polymorph Finally, the true nature of Reno Jackson is revealed.

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Eternal Hours The game industry's long hours used to be an open secret, but two major developers have a new tactic: transparency.

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Together Triple-A studios left local multiplayer in the dust. Indie developers picked up the slack.

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Daddy Issues The breakout star of the new Battlegrounds mode is the most supportive barman in all of videogames.

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DM/VC? In the war over whether to abbreviate The Deadmines as DM or VC, everyone loses.

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I'm ready The Bikini Bottom renaissance continues unabated.

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Heroes The Shawzin lets your Tenno live out their inner rockstar fantasy.

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News Linh "Seiko" Nguyen threw a Hearthstone match because he was playing a qualifier for a $1,000,000 Auto Chess tournament at the same time.

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Top Quests From Molten Core raids to the interminable war in Hillsbrad Foothills, make memories that will last.

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Beginner tips Eight tips to ensure your nostalgia trip goes smoothly.

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Rez Pls As the genre becomes set in its ways, a few holdouts on r/mmorpg honor the past and predict a bleak future.

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Fumble What we like and don't like about the new features in Madden NFL 20.

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Tune Blizzard are actually a legendary record label held back by the need to make videogames.

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Metabreaker A Saviors of Uldum pre-release event has players wondering.

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Three Wishes With Zephrys The Great, you leave your fate up to the machines.

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G-UNIT The Night School founder tells us his wild licensed games origin story.
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SINISTER STRIKE From Team Fortress backstabs to Michael Myers sneak attacks, these are the knives that make gaming a little more visceral.

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Never DIe A network of private servers is keeping the 15-year-old game alive, but how sustainable is it?
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