Carla is a writer from Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, now based in Atlanta. She’s an Emory alum with both a BA and MA in English, but more importantly, she’s a Pisces with lots of opinions about video games.

When life gets stressful, I like watching videos of cute animals and playing cozy casual games, like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and Coral Island. That’s what drew me to Everbloom, an upcoming ...

If you love Stardew Valley, but love animals even more, this upcoming Steam game that puts you in charge of an animal hotel ...

The farming sim formula is no longer rare. Over the past decade, games inspired by Stardew Valley have flooded Steam with familiar rhythms: arriving in a small town, tending crops, befriending ...