Madisyn Parisi - Mothership

Consume Me dev Jenny Jiao Hsia rejects glow-up culture

It’s no coincidence that Hsia encountered "looksmaxxing" content while promoting the game.

Megan Farokhmanesh Jul 27, 2026

Celebrate 6 months of Mothership with $6 off

Here's a little thank-you discount for our free subscribers

Zoë Hannah Jul 26, 2026

Advice

Where are the games set outside of the US, UK, and Japan?

I, too, long for a game that captures the feeling of traipsing through Aotearoa's subtropical wonderland

Zoë Hannah Jul 24, 2026

Madisyn Parisi is a queer tech journalist who writes about media and power. They love rogue-likes, Vampire: The Masquerade, and complex female characters.

2 articles

A blonde woman in a tiara stands in a cabin with a window and a closed door inside. She is facing slightly away from the viewer, towards the closed door.

Personal Essay

Slay the Princess reminds me how glad I am that I’m not my father’s daughter

On queer awakening, world-ending princesses, and becoming incomprehensible

Madisyn Parisi May 19, 2026

Harry sits naked on a chair in a small, shabby room. He is bent over as though in pain or distress.

Analysis

Disco Elysium and the myth of the male loneliness epidemic

Despite Disco Elysium predating this reckoning, its story and characters offer useful ways to interpret this modern myth

Madisyn Parisi Apr 22, 2026