Lincoln Carpenter

Lincoln is a freelance writer from the far-off wonderland of upstate New York. While he would never self-identify as a gamer, he knows that won't spare him when the reckoning comes.

Lincoln Carpenter Oct 27, 2021. 4 minute read

Pokemon Eggs Are My New, Ideal Gacha Game

I have a complicated relationship with gacha games, which means I have a complicated relationship with gambling. I’ve loved my share; one glance at the list of games tied to my Google Play library provides more proof of that than you’d ever need. But a necessary asterisk marks that love…

Lincoln Carpenter Jul 30, 2021. 4 minute read

Destiny is Finally Solving Its Protagonist Problem

I’ll be the first to admit it: I love Destiny lore. From the series’s beginning, I’ve loved digging deep into the fictional sandbox that Bungie’s writers have built. It’s a world where immortal Thanatonauts spend their moments between temporary deaths and inevitable resurrections in meditation about space magic. It’s a…