Latest articles by Lauren Morton
Tracing blueprints in Paralives is so easy it freed me from 25 years of The Sims' grid-based tyranny
Freebuild One tiny mod for Paralives has finally made my childhood dreams of more realistic life sims floor plans possible.
The best games like The Sims for building beautiful characters, homes, and a life full of drama
Live It Up Here's how to get your life sim fix outside the Sims series walls.
You can just bypass Fable's reputation system with enough gold, which seems like a waste of its 'complex, nuanced, take on morality'
Pay It Away Fable's take on morality sounds pretty neat—if only it weren't so eager to assure us we can just buy out of it.
Everything we know about Guild Wars 3 and how it plans to 'push the MMORPG genre forward'
Triple Guild ArenaNet is planning an MMO that will be radically different, just like Guild Wars 2 once was.
5 cozy game demos I'm downloading right now after I counted a whole 37 dropping during Summer Game Fest weekend
Free Hugs Showcase weekend was stuffed to the stitches with cozy game demos so I've tallied them up and sorted them out.
The cozy game launches of June are a really crafty bunch
Cozy calendar Crafting and cooking are all over the menu this month from survival crafting to flower arranging to stamp collection journaling.
The vampire farm sim I've been anticipating for 3 years just released an even bigger, better demo for everyone to try before it launches next month
News You can now play the same big demo for Moonlight Peaks that I got to try last month.
I'm finally getting married in Fields of Mistria when its 1.0 update launches in August
News The full launch version of Fields of Mistria just announced its release date so now I've got a lot of playing left to prepare for it.
Everything you need to know about Stranger Than Heaven, the half-century-spanning Yakuza series prequel
Old School Cool RGG's new historical drama is an origin story for the Tojo Clan's founder Makoto and his rise to power.
All Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them
Castle Keys Cash in these Dreamlight Valley codes for free outfits and furniture.
The best Minecraft texture packs
New look We've rounded up all of the best Minecraft texture packs for both Java and Bedrock
The best Minecraft seeds in 2026
New worlds The best Minecraft seeds for survival islands, villages, and cool new biomes at spawn.
Summer Game Fest 2026 schedule and all the other summer showcases full of gaming announcements you won't want to miss
Showcase Season Keep up with when to watch this summer's lineup of major gaming announcements.
Now that we have Paralives, Inzoi, and The Sims 4, life simmers finally have the variety we've been begging for
Manifesting With Paralives joining the party, I finally feel like there's a real buffet of choice for life sim players.
Paralives players are getting jumpscared by a naked chap called Charlie glitching into their games and now I too have been Charlie'd
This unsettling, naked para is bodysnatching our characters and honestly, I want to keep them.
How to solve the fireplace puzzle while investigating the dining room in 007 First Light
Chimera'd Your first major mission in First Light stops your chase sequence short to solve a quick animal-based symbol puzzle.
Yes, 007 First Light's tutorial really is a whole 3 hours of training montage and agent bonding time
Boot Camp By hour two James wasn't the only one chafing at yet another training exercise in Malta.
How to infiltrate the hotel in 007 First Light by finding the press badge or stealthing through the window
Entry Point Your first test of true spycraft in First Light gives you a few different ways to enter the Carpathian Hotel.
How to try for a baby in Paralives and get pregnant
Baby Fever Here's how to navigate your paramour paras into the world of parenthood.
Paralives has done the one exact thing I was begging life sims for
I was on my knees pleading for a scrap of strategy gameplay and Paralives has laid me a feast of fun simulation effects.
Is Paralives worth playing in early access for life sim fans?
Parasocial After a lot of hours spent in Paralives, here's my breakdown on how you can decide whether it's your type of life sim or not.
Paralives launch times and release date
Friend Date Here's when we can finally get our hands on the latest life sim.
Haunted Chocolatier: all the key details on the followup to Stardew Valley
Sweets Science Stardew Valley's creator is working on another life sim, and it looks just as sweet as his first.
