lincoln carpenter
@lincolnhello.bsky.social
News writer at PC Gamer. Older stuff at Polygon, Fanbyte, pre-unholy resurrection Waypoint, etc. Artist formerly known as the Hellmouth Sunbeams. Views are my own and bad
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we weren't meant to trade follows. we were meant to trade secret oaths of vengeance against the count's men
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man just let me buy the videogame Skate and spare me this bullshit
"Players will also have the option to rent access to the new area with in-game currency by paying 500 earnable Rip Chips (we have strayed perilously beyond the light of divinity) for a 24-hour Isle of Grom Water Taxi day pass."
Skate is locking a map area behind a paywall after promising no map areas would be locked behind paywalls: 'We will need to make changes as we go sometimes'
Goofy.
www.pcgamer.com
February 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
man just let me buy the videogame Skate and spare me this bullshit
"Players will also have the option to rent access to the new area with in-game currency by paying 500 earnable Rip Chips (we have strayed perilously beyond the light of divinity) for a 24-hour Isle of Grom Water Taxi day pass."
Skate is locking a map area behind a paywall after promising no map areas would be locked behind paywalls: 'We will need to make changes as we go sometimes'
Goofy.
www.pcgamer.com
February 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"Players will also have the option to rent access to the new area with in-game currency by paying 500 earnable Rip Chips (we have strayed perilously beyond the light of divinity) for a 24-hour Isle of Grom Water Taxi day pass."
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Bluesky should not get into this idea that blocking you is a problem. You can be blocked for any reason. You can be blocked because your pfp is annoying. You can be blocked because your vibe sucks.
If you take this personally I think that’s also a reason you can be blocked.
If you take this personally I think that’s also a reason you can be blocked.
February 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Bluesky should not get into this idea that blocking you is a problem. You can be blocked for any reason. You can be blocked because your pfp is annoying. You can be blocked because your vibe sucks.
If you take this personally I think that’s also a reason you can be blocked.
If you take this personally I think that’s also a reason you can be blocked.
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Death to the many-boxed roadmap. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
The many-boxed roadmap represents everything I hate about shooters right now
Our relationship with the biggest shooters around have contorted from player to investor.
www.pcgamer.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Death to the many-boxed roadmap. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
lol. and—dare I say it—lmao
February 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
lol. and—dare I say it—lmao
it might not be reliable, but at least it costs infinite money
February 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
it might not be reliable, but at least it costs infinite money
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"With the help of the peerless detective work of the sickos who were posting in a DCS forum thread in 2015, I was directed to a 2003 Avionics International article describing Lockheed's plans for the F-35's electronics suite (...) In my book, the odds seem pretty good."
Dutch defense secretary says 'you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone,' and I'm here to tell the Dutch defense secretary that this is a great opportunity to run Doom on a fighter jet
I know there are probably bigger priorities, but come on.
www.pcgamer.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"With the help of the peerless detective work of the sickos who were posting in a DCS forum thread in 2015, I was directed to a 2003 Avionics International article describing Lockheed's plans for the F-35's electronics suite (...) In my book, the odds seem pretty good."
increasingly convinced that guys on simulator forums are a load-bearing pillar of society
"With the help of the peerless detective work of the sickos who were posting in a DCS forum thread in 2015, I was directed to a 2003 Avionics International article describing Lockheed's plans for the F-35's electronics suite (...) In my book, the odds seem pretty good."
Dutch defense secretary says 'you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone,' and I'm here to tell the Dutch defense secretary that this is a great opportunity to run Doom on a fighter jet
I know there are probably bigger priorities, but come on.
www.pcgamer.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:26 AM
increasingly convinced that guys on simulator forums are a load-bearing pillar of society
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WAKE UP EVERYONE UNICORN SPINOSAURUS JUST SPAWNED
www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-din...
www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-din...
An ‘astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Sahara | BBC Science Focus Magazine
This school-bus-sized predator was so unusual that scientists didn't recognise it at first
www.sciencefocus.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:23 PM
WAKE UP EVERYONE UNICORN SPINOSAURUS JUST SPAWNED
www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-din...
www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-din...
"With the help of the peerless detective work of the sickos who were posting in a DCS forum thread in 2015, I was directed to a 2003 Avionics International article describing Lockheed's plans for the F-35's electronics suite (...) In my book, the odds seem pretty good."
Dutch defense secretary says 'you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone,' and I'm here to tell the Dutch defense secretary that this is a great opportunity to run Doom on a fighter jet
I know there are probably bigger priorities, but come on.
www.pcgamer.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"With the help of the peerless detective work of the sickos who were posting in a DCS forum thread in 2015, I was directed to a 2003 Avionics International article describing Lockheed's plans for the F-35's electronics suite (...) In my book, the odds seem pretty good."
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Recent Sony game studio acquisitions
- 2021: Nixxes
- 2021: Firesprite (layoffs in 2024)
- 2021: Bluepoint (closed in 2026)
- 2022: Valkyrie Entertainment
- 2022: Haven Studios
- 2022: Bungie (layoffs in 2024; new game soon)
- 2022: Neon Koi (closed in 2024)
- 2023: Firewalk (closed in 2024)
- 2021: Nixxes
- 2021: Firesprite (layoffs in 2024)
- 2021: Bluepoint (closed in 2026)
- 2022: Valkyrie Entertainment
- 2022: Haven Studios
- 2022: Bungie (layoffs in 2024; new game soon)
- 2022: Neon Koi (closed in 2024)
- 2023: Firewalk (closed in 2024)
Roughly 70 employees will be impacted by the Bluepoint closure. Bluepoint was working on a God of War live-service game until it was canceled early last year. The studio then spent the last year pitching and trying to determine what it would do next. Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Sony Shuts Down Video-Game Studio Bluepoint
The PlayStation subsidiary previously made remakes of games like ‘Demon’s Souls’
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Recent Sony game studio acquisitions
- 2021: Nixxes
- 2021: Firesprite (layoffs in 2024)
- 2021: Bluepoint (closed in 2026)
- 2022: Valkyrie Entertainment
- 2022: Haven Studios
- 2022: Bungie (layoffs in 2024; new game soon)
- 2022: Neon Koi (closed in 2024)
- 2023: Firewalk (closed in 2024)
- 2021: Nixxes
- 2021: Firesprite (layoffs in 2024)
- 2021: Bluepoint (closed in 2026)
- 2022: Valkyrie Entertainment
- 2022: Haven Studios
- 2022: Bungie (layoffs in 2024; new game soon)
- 2022: Neon Koi (closed in 2024)
- 2023: Firewalk (closed in 2024)
my kids are hard at work on the worst idea i've ever had and you'll never guess what happens if it doesn't pan out
I'm going to raise my children like a savvy videogame businessman should. if they aren't billionaires within two weeks of birth I'll have them killed
February 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
my kids are hard at work on the worst idea i've ever had and you'll never guess what happens if it doesn't pan out
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Also, it’s not an error, it’s a bias. They just “turned it up” too high and so they got caught too quick.
If an “error” is only happening to a certain group of people then it is a targeted bias.
If an “error” is only happening to a certain group of people then it is a targeted bias.
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Also, it’s not an error, it’s a bias. They just “turned it up” too high and so they got caught too quick.
If an “error” is only happening to a certain group of people then it is a targeted bias.
If an “error” is only happening to a certain group of people then it is a targeted bias.
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my body is a machine that turns making one meal into three dirty knives
February 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
my body is a machine that turns making one meal into three dirty knives
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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Appreciate Chris for pointing out how gross the Supreme Court's action here is, since too many will see it as minor.
They're forcing people seeking justice from the Court to engage in extra (and thus $$$) busywork because two justices will not divest their stocks.
They're forcing people seeking justice from the Court to engage in extra (and thus $$$) busywork because two justices will not divest their stocks.
SCOTUS is dealing with problems that arise from justices’ ownership of individual stocks.
What did the court do to address this ethical question? Did the justices agree to divest from individual stock ownership? Of course not.
Parties are directed to include stock ticker symbols in their briefs.
What did the court do to address this ethical question? Did the justices agree to divest from individual stock ownership? Of course not.
Parties are directed to include stock ticker symbols in their briefs.
SCOTUS changed the rules for bringing cases to the court because John Roberts won't sell his stocks
Roberts and Alito are the only two justices who own individual stocks. Also: A new lawsuit challenges the Trump admin's removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument.
www.lawdork.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Appreciate Chris for pointing out how gross the Supreme Court's action here is, since too many will see it as minor.
They're forcing people seeking justice from the Court to engage in extra (and thus $$$) busywork because two justices will not divest their stocks.
They're forcing people seeking justice from the Court to engage in extra (and thus $$$) busywork because two justices will not divest their stocks.
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The constant condescension about ai is another aspect of it that makes me hate it more. The assumption is you can only be against it because you don't understand it like I do. No man. I don't like voluntarily making every human enterprise dependent on a tech run by a tiny group of financial maniacs
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The constant condescension about ai is another aspect of it that makes me hate it more. The assumption is you can only be against it because you don't understand it like I do. No man. I don't like voluntarily making every human enterprise dependent on a tech run by a tiny group of financial maniacs
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(when i've only prepped 1 of 4 ingredients i'll need a knife for) welp, time to place this knife in the sink, the Capital of Filth
February 18, 2026 at 12:43 AM
(when i've only prepped 1 of 4 ingredients i'll need a knife for) welp, time to place this knife in the sink, the Capital of Filth
spent Presidents' Day communing with my namesake. as ever, Abe's dispatches from the astral plane consist mostly of cursing George McClellan and seeking details about our wondrous production of a butter using naught but the humble peanut
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
spent Presidents' Day communing with my namesake. as ever, Abe's dispatches from the astral plane consist mostly of cursing George McClellan and seeking details about our wondrous production of a butter using naught but the humble peanut
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"Impossibly, despite its attempts to pacify the ensuing outcry by issuing a clarification that merely some users will be required to submit to its child detection matrix, Discord has managed to make the rollout of its global age assurance policy seem even grimier."
Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.
www.pcgamer.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"Impossibly, despite its attempts to pacify the ensuing outcry by issuing a clarification that merely some users will be required to submit to its child detection matrix, Discord has managed to make the rollout of its global age assurance policy seem even grimier."
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Ask and you shall receive
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Ask and you shall receive