Newt Albiston - 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

Newt Albiston (they/he) is a writer and cultural critic from the UK. Their writing often covers pop culture, musicology, and gender, and their work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Fansplaining and Oh Reader.

1 article

The protagonist of Animal Crossing: Wild World stands next to a body of water with a fishing pole.

Personal Essay

How Animal Crossing helped me swim to sobriety

Searching for meaning in the ocean and inside of trees

Newt Albiston Sep 1, 2026