Cass Marshall - Mothership

How do I get through my gaming backlog?

"I suspect this will be a common affliction among your readership, but my gaming backlog is quite extensive..."

Maddy Myers Oct 23, 2026

Analysis

The House in Fata Morgana and what comes after

How a game that evokes history, rather than merely reproducing it, gets closer to a human truth

Ash Huntly Oct 22, 2026

Personal Essay

All the choices I made in games until I could finally be non-binary

My childhood self could never have imagined a game where they got to create a character who was neither a man nor a woman

Dr. Redfern Barrett Oct 21, 2026

Cass Marshall has been writing about the weird worlds players create in video games for over a decade. They are based out of Toronto, Canada with their husband and two rescue cats.

2 articles

A pale elfin man in blue and silver armor lounges on a huge throne. His face is scarred and his long black hair is in a pontail.

Opinion

Let me tell you about my evil elf boyfriend in the 40K CRPG Rogue Trader

"I can fix him"? No, you can't. You really, really can't

Cass Marshall May 20, 2026

A promotional image for Warhammer 40K featuring two Space Marines fighting some Tyranids

Analysis

I am begging Warhammer 40K grifters to stop focusing on female Space Marines

Here's why this online argument just won't die

Cass Marshall Mar 30, 2026