Wes Davis - 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

Wes is a freelance writer published at IGN, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, and most recently, The Verge. Inside him are two wolves: one that's considering collecting game consoles again, and the other who also thinks this, but more strongly.

2 articles

Hazel fights a nebulus, tentacled monster in a desolate field. She raises her weapon over her head mid-jump. The monster has half its life left.

Opinion

My kid hated action games — until we started using difficulty settings

South of Midnight's expansive gameplay settings opened the door to my daughter enjoying new genres

Wes Davis Oct 15, 2026

A gruff fox in flight gear sits in the cockpit of an Arwing, looking at the horizon beyond.

Opinion

New Star Fox isn't hot, and I love that about him

The team was never hot in the ol' days, anyway.

Wes Davis May 13, 2026