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
Udder Shock "I still didn't think it was going to be super popular," Barone said of the days leading up to Stardew Valley's launch in 2016.

By Lauren Morton Published
Crafty Critters OddFauna's handmade critters are absolute catnip for my crafting game brain.

By Lauren Morton Published
News I love to organize my hoard of junk.

By Wes Fenlon Published
Change-up The upcoming Control: Resonant moves from shooter to melee action. You sure don't see that very often.

By Lauren Morton Published
Travel Agent Here's what it's like playing Starsand Island in early access and all the major farm sim features you need to know about.

By Lauren Morton Published
Star-eyed I think I'm vacationing on Starsand until spring.

By Lauren Morton Published
Unpawsed Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel's cat combat game launches on Tuesday, February 10.

By Lauren Morton Published
Scandal Sim Make friends with the nobility and then collect their secrets like scandalous trading cards.

By Lauren Morton Published
News The pre-expansion patch added some new family tree details but all I care about is stairs.

By Lauren Morton Published
Bullet Time Time to find out if anyone can beat The House.

By Lauren Morton Published
Cozy calendar A quiet month for cozy games means we get to dig deeper into the wonderfully small and weird games coming this month.

By Lauren Morton Published
Gacha-mon After several hours in the closed beta for Aniimo, I can't find much about it that other creature collecting and gacha games aren't doing better.

By Lauren Morton Published
News One of The Sims 4's biggest mods is putting up numbers a triple-A game would be jealous of.

By Lauren Morton Published
Secretly Cozy Give your eyes a little break from aesthetically-mandated adorableness while still having chilled out experiences.

By Lauren Morton Published
Dynasty Drama Everything we know so far about how the dynasty system works.

By Lauren Morton Published
Culinary tour This super cute life sim is all about touring the countryside to collect and cook up homemade goodies for the market.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Updated! All the best Stardew Valley mods, from flowery retextures to easier fishing.

By Lauren Morton Published
News Here we are again trying to divine the future of The Sims from an announcement about the future of The Sims.

By Lauren Morton Published
News After over a year of leaks, getting some answers about the future of the series is better than more silence.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Best to Get Got a fresh Steam account? Here are the best Steam games to get free or buy first.

By Rory Norris Published
Steam Wishlist Hey Steam, we know you don't have much competition, but there's still a lot you should do.

By Lauren Morton Published
Midlife Crisis Even with new competition in the mix, the life sim genre feels so afraid of being difficult, but that's what made the original Sims games so great.

By Lauren Morton Last updated
Fall In Fallout Season 2 release dates, reviews, episode recaps, and everything else you won't want to miss.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.

