Chloe Johnson - 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

Chloe is a books, ents, and digital culture journalist with bylines in The Bookseller, Fast Company, Refinery29 & more. She is also an author represented by Mushens Entertainment, and is passionate about taking pop culture a little bit seriously.

1 article

Three screencaps from Nintendogs side by side, showing the kennel, three dos to pick from, and a yellow lab playing.

Feature

Worrying about your Nintendogs is totally normal according to psychology

Plus, we talk to the TikTok creator adopting abandoned Nintendogs cartridges

Chloe Johnson Jul 22, 2026