Ana Hein - Mothership

Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism

If I could, I would restart every day to do it better

Ana Hein Apr 9, 2026

Feature

Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games

A future where games can be played without burning fossil fuels

Khee Hoon Chan Apr 8, 2026

Personal Essay

Playing pretend

When disinformation and propaganda are everywhere, it feels all the more important to remind myself what fiction can be

Zoë Hannah Apr 7, 2026

Ana Hein is an essayist and critic. Her work has been featured in Electric Literature, The Rumpus, AFM, Digging Press Journal, Compulsive Reader, Videodame, and more. She has an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University.

2 articles

A girl in underwear stands on a surface that's cracking under weight. She holds a massive plate above her head on which she balances pizza, laundry, a diet book, and a boy.

Indie

Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism

If I could, I would restart every day to do it better

Ana Hein Apr 9, 2026

A shot of a dilapidated room with peeling paint, uneven floorboards, and a pristine desk with an oil lamp sits in the middle of the room with an upholstered armchair beside it.

Analysis

Playing old Nancy Drew games as a gothic heroine

Its gameplay even replicates the form many gothic novels take: the epistolary.

Ana Hein Mar 23, 2026