What's Wrong with Cozy Games?

Michelle Kwan
The Ugly Monster
Published in
6 min readDec 1, 2023

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I met my younger sister’s friend for the first time, and we got to the topic of games. I told him that I play on the Switch often. He replied (verbatim), “You must be one of those Animal Crossing losers.”

I replied, “Why yes, I like Animal Crossing. What do you play?”

“League, maybe some Valorant.”

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Michelle Kwan
The Ugly Monster

Aspiring Narrative Designer/Game Writer + Avid Storyteller. I mostly write about games, but sometimes I go off-track and write about other things too.