Kevin Cortez - Mothership

Mothership's merch shop is open

T-shirts, stickers, and limited-edition art galore!

Zoë Hannah Oct 9, 2026

Recs

Our favorite cozy games (for now)

All the games I'm playing right now that center empathy, kindness, friendship, and satisfying gameplay.

Zoë Hannah Oct 8, 2026

Horror

Don’t rock the boat says trans girls are worth killing for

A must-play horror tale of transness and tentacles

Madisyn Parisi Oct 7, 2026

Kevin Cortez is a DC-based culture and product journalist, and current Shopping reporter at HuffPost. Zoë used to be his boss. In his spare time, he reads graphic novels, plays pinball, drinks coffee, and listens to his therapist.

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A screenshot from Kabuto Park shows a child in yellow rainboots holding a bug net and crouching to look at the grass with a magnifying glass. A big tree, a pond, and reeds are nearby.

Analysis

Why do cozy games keep asking us to work, and why does it feel so good?

Developers of games like A Short Hike and Tiny Bookshop weigh in on why even labor feels nice in their games.

Kevin Cortez Feb 9, 2026