Games Writing / Khee Hoon Chan

I write and edit for Unwinnable and Haywire Magazine, with bylines in Rock Paper Shotgun, Polygon, PC Gamer, GameSpot, Eurogamer, USgamer, The Verge, EGM, Paste Magazine, VG247, Edge Magazine, Indie Game Website 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've also won an award, although it makes me feel rather 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 • 16/09/2020

Road To Guangdong Review

The frequent lulls of its road trip, coupled with a monotonous roster of characters, means this driving sim should be left in the dust.

PC Gamer • 11/09/2020

Gujian 3 comes close to being the Final Fantasy of Chinese RPGs

Inspired by one of China's most popular fiction genres, this sprawling action RPG is worth playing.

Dicebreaker • 08/09/2020

The fatigue and loneliness of playing tabletop RPGs online in a pandemic

For players used to the intimacy of face-to-face sessions, taking games such as Dungeons & Dragons onto the internet can be exhausting and alienating.

Barclays Eagle Labs • 05/09/2020

Choose Your Games Career: Game Designer

I ask Red Thread Games’ Ole Andreas Haley about his role as game designer - and how others can follow in his footstep.

GameSpot • 31/08/2020

A Short Hike Review

With gentle, idyllic charm, A Short Hike is a delightful vignette about the joys of hiking and meeting new friends.

The Indie Game Website • 25/08/2020

No Straight Roads Review

No Straight Roads won’t impress punk fans with its devotion to palatability and conventions. Instead, it’s content with embodying the irreverent goofiness of pop-punk bands.

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.

Game Query • 23/04/2020

Mutilating the meaning of death in Crawl

I wrote about how Crawl changes the meaning of death from the point of view of its hero--and villain.

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.

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My bylines include:

Bloody Disgusting
Edge UK
EGM
Eurogamer
Fanbyte
GameDaily.biz
GameIndustry.biz
GameSpot
Heterotopias

The Indie Game Website
Into The Spine
Junk Asia
Paste Magazine
PC Gamer
Polygon
Rock Paper Shotgun
Slant Magazine
SyFy Wire
Techradar

USgamer
Unwinnable
The Verge
VG247
Videodame
Wireframe Magazine
Kill Screen (defunct)
ZAM (defunct)
Pixel Dynamo (defunct)