Lauren has been writing for PC Gamer since she went hunting for the cryptid Dark Souls fashion police in 2017. She joined the PCG staff in 2021, now serving as self-appointed chief cozy games and farmlife sim enjoyer. Her career originally began in game development and she remains fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long fantasy books, longer RPGs, can't stop playing co-op survival crafting games, and has spent a number of hours she refuses to count building houses in The Sims games for over 20 years.
Latest articles by Lauren Morton

By Lauren Morton Published
Leave Tree! Help your new friends rejoin their neighbors by learning a spell to hoist a blockage.

By Lauren Morton Published
Scavenger Hunt This scavenger hunt starts off with some softballs but the last clues are a bit tough.

By Lauren Morton Published
Love Potion Here's how to get started with wooing all the eligible locals.

By Lauren Morton Published
Blood Thinner I'm always up for a fun new farm sim twist, but I'm not so sure that Moonlight Peaks has supernatural staying power.

By Christopher Livingston Last updated
stay alive The best games for surviving against the odds.

By Andrea Shearon Published
🗨️ Google Translate won't save you here.

By Lauren Morton Published
Cozy calendar I've tracked down at least 30 new cozy games launching in July and I lost count of how many have cats.

By Lauren Morton Published
News Fields of Mistria is leaving Early Access in August, so now is a perfect time to grab it at a discount.

By Lauren Morton Published
Self-Parody I really didn't think they'd open pre-orders without a new trailer, but here we are.

By Lauren Morton Published
News A calendar for games? Imagine!

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Fable the 4th Fable is heading back to Albion with with a revamped morality system in tow.

By Lauren Morton Published
News I stopped logging in after realizing I would always need to clean my room before I was allowed to have any fun.

By Omri Petitte Last updated
scroll locked The Elder Scrolls 6 is still very far away, but we've collected all the news and rumors while we wait.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Next Generation Project Rene is still years away, but Electronic Arts has committed to showing off features as it develops.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Return to Rivellon Larian is returning to its own original fantasy setting with a dark, horrifying new RPG and everything it learned from Baldur's Gate 3.

By Lauren Morton Published
Freebuild One tiny mod for Paralives has finally made my childhood dreams of more realistic life sims floor plans possible.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Live It Up Here's how to get your life sim fix outside the Sims series walls.

By Lauren Morton Published
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.

By Lauren Morton Published
Triple Guild ArenaNet is planning an MMO that will be radically different, just like Guild Wars 2 once was.

By Lauren Morton Published
Free Hugs Showcase weekend was stuffed to the stitches with cozy game demos so I've tallied them up and sorted them out.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Cozy calendar Crafting and cooking are all over the menu this month from survival crafting to flower arranging to stamp collection journaling.

By Lauren Morton Published
News You can now play the same big demo for Moonlight Peaks that I got to try last month.

By Lauren Morton Published
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.
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