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

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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.

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

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Live It Up Here's how to get your life sim fix outside the Sims series walls.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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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Old School Cool RGG's new historical drama is an origin story for the Tojo Clan's founder Makoto and his rise to power.

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Castle Keys Cash in these Dreamlight Valley codes for free outfits and furniture.

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New look We've rounded up all of the best Minecraft texture packs for both Java and Bedrock

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New worlds The best Minecraft seeds for survival islands, villages, and cool new biomes at spawn.

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Showcase Season Keep up with when to watch this summer's lineup of major gaming announcements.

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Manifesting With Paralives joining the party, I finally feel like there's a real buffet of choice for life sim players.

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This unsettling, naked para is bodysnatching our characters and honestly, I want to keep them.

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Chimera'd Your first major mission in First Light stops your chase sequence short to solve a quick animal-based symbol puzzle.

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Boot Camp By hour two James wasn't the only one chafing at yet another training exercise in Malta.

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Entry Point Your first test of true spycraft in First Light gives you a few different ways to enter the Carpathian Hotel.

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Baby Fever Here's how to navigate your paramour paras into the world of parenthood.

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I was on my knees pleading for a scrap of strategy gameplay and Paralives has laid me a feast of fun simulation effects.

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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.

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Friend Date Here's when we can finally get our hands on the latest life sim.
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