Games Writing / Khee Hoon Chan

I write and edit for Unwinnable, with bylines in Rock Paper Shotgun, Polygon, PC Gamer, GameSpot, Eurogamer, USgamer, The Verge, EGM, Paste Magazine, VG247 and more.

I've done event coverage, interviews, features, reviews and op-eds. My pieces typically revolve around representation and diversity, the impact of videogames, and how they are shaped by—and in turn, influence—culture at large.

I'm also award-winning, although it makes me feel very self-conscious to mention it.

EGM • 17/01/2020

The Closing Walls Around China’s Independent Game Developers

Against nearly impossible odds, Chinese indies are forced to market their games to a global audience—and the challenges are only mounting.

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GameSpot • 08/08/2020

Umurangi Generation Review

An acute reflection of recent crises, Umurangi Generation is an excellent glimpse into a dystopian future that's looming all too close.

Wireframe Mag • 06/08/2020

Gaming The Kickstarter Campaign Machine

Making a Kickstarter campaign is almost a science. Having a single, spectacular idea isn’t enough; you’ll need to consider how to translate that into a tangible product, complete with backer rewards that won’t detract from development.

Polygon • 03/08/2020

The Importance of Black-and-White Morality

The objective morality of black-and-white stories does deliver the dramatic tension that many seek in morally gray stories, the latter typically taking place in a desolate universe where anyone can be muddied by the corruptible stench of depravity.

TechRadar • 11/07/2020

Best Roblox games 2020: the top Roblox creations to play right now

Best Roblox games 2020 - honestly it's for the sweet SEO juice

PC Gamer • 01/07/2020

Devotion's limited re-release in Taiwan is the first step towards bringing the game back in the West

A quick chat with Red Candle Games on their physical release of Devotion in Taiwan

The Indie Game Website • 16/06/2020

Waking Review

By putting them into the game in the most literal sense, Waking fell short when it was unable to capture all the nuances of its impossible protagonist: yourself. While I admire the boldness of its vision, I simply couldn’t connect with the extent of its execution.

Syfy Wire • 08/06/2020

The paradoxes of time travel in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Just as the classic sci-fi tale, taking a time-warping trip in Animal Crossing: New Horizons feels relatively straightforward.

GameSpot • 28/05/2020

Those Who Remain Review

Those Who Remain is rife with frustrating puzzles and illogical scenarios, which greatly dilutes its horror experience.

USgamer • 13/05/2020

Red Candle Games Looks Back on Devotion, And The Controversy That Shook a Region

A profile piece on the much maligned studio, Red Candle Games.

VG247 • 01/04/2020

Returning to the pure joy of hiking in A Short Hike

A piece contrasting my hiking experience in A Short Hike, and my real-life example hiking in Qixing Mountain in Taiwan.

The Verge • 10/03/2020

The rise of impossibly cute and wholesome games

There has been a boom in popularity for titles like Frog Detective lately; these are often quirky, relaxing, comical, perhaps a tad absurd, and devastatingly adorable. These are called “uwu games” — coined after the emoticon, which denotes an overwhelming sense of joy from experiencing an overload of cuteness.

USgamer • 03/03/2020

How Asia's Global Game Jam Developers Are Exploring the Coronavirus Outbreak Through Games

From tower defense games to resource management sims, these games from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan capture the anxiety around the coronavirus outbreak.

Rock Paper Shotgun • 03/03/2020

How Sayonara Wild Hearts’ music amplifies its queer, feminine identity

I chatted with the game's composer, Daniel Olsen, to learn more about how he composes its music, and why it's so darn queer.

Eurogamer • 27/02/2020

Still fighting: meet the developers of Hong Kong protest games

I chatted with the developers behind some of the Hong Kong protest games, created in response to the country's unpopular extradition bill.

GameSpot • 13/02/2020

Censoring The News Is Your Responsibility In Not For Broadcast

Here's how Not For Broadcast, a game about manipulating what gets broadcasted from the newsroom, gradually unveils its narrative: through perceptual blindness.

EGM • 17/01/2020

The Closing Walls Around China’s Independent Game Developers

Against nearly impossible odds, Chinese indies are forced to market their games to a global audience—and the challenges are only mounting.

Eurogamer • 09/12/2019

The cult of Hideo Kojima

I wrote about the myth-making of Hideo Kojima, as well as the Singapore leg of the Death Stranding tour.

PC Gamer • 25/11/2019

The battle to control what's fact and fiction in The Elder Scrolls' lore

The Warp in the West may seem difficult to comprehend, but it's just one of the many fantastical events that make up the Elder Scrolls lore, with what constitutes canon is being reinterpreted by ardent fans.

GameDaily.biz • 16/11/2019

GameDaily Connect Asia 2019: What investors are looking for in game studios and startups

As the Vice President of venture capital firm Real Funds, Shanxing Guan has had his eyes on the games industry for a while. One trend he noticed about the gaming scene is that players are much more engaged these days; unlike a decade ago, they aren’t passively consuming their entertainment while they invest more energy, time and money into this pastime.

GameDaily.biz • 16/11/2019

GameDaily Connect Asia 2019: Why mobile esports games are cementing their position in the mainstream

7,346,674. That’s the highest number of viewers the 2018 Honor of Kings Champion Cup—an esports tournament around one of China’s most popular MOBA titles—saw. This is testament to the prevalence of mobile esports in the country.

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My bylines include:

Unwinnable
Polygon
The Verge
PC Gamer
GameSpot
Eurogamer
Rock Paper Shotgun
USgamer
Techradar
Into The Spine
ZAM (defunct)
Kill Screen (defunct)
Pixel Dynamo (defunct)

EGM
VG247
SyFy Wire
Fanbyte
Paste Magazine
Slant Magazine
Heterotopias
Bloody Disgusting
GameDaily.biz
GameIndustry.biz
The Indie Game Website
Junk Asia
Videodame