The Uncomfortable Racial Stereotypes in ARMS and Videogames By Khee Hoon Chan • November 7th, 2017 Part of me find Min Min’s appetite for ramen (lamian?) genuinely endearing—but it may be so for other people of Chinese ancestry.
Book Of Demons Is A Delightful Jaunt Across Hell By Khee Hoon Chan • October 31st, 2017 Book of Demons is keen to set itself apart from its biggest influence, and this actually works to its advantage.
Play A Hat in Time, If Only for Old Times’ Sake By Khee Hoon Chan • October 24th, 2017 3D platformers—those evocative of ‘90s-era fan favorites like Banko-Kazooie, Super Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot—are definitely making a comeback.
Vidar Is a Reminder About the Finitude of Time By Khee Hoon Chan • October 19th, 2017 Modern roleplaying games (RPGs) can be cliché, with some aping the conventions of older games that influenced them.
The Comforts of Playing With Food in Nour By Khee Hoon Chan • October 10th, 2017 One food I grew to love during my childhood is actually broccoli — not because of how it tastes, mind you, but because of its endless possibilities for play.
Juggling the Chaos in Overcooked – And At Home By Khee Hoon Chan • October 3rd, 2017 Even though it’s a co-op game about cooking, Overcooked serves as a useful lens for examining similar roles outside the bustling kitchen as well.
Embark On A Great Dwarven Space Expedition By Khee Hoon Chan • September 26th, 2017 There aren’t many videogames that allow players to partake in the finest activities of dwarven culture, such as beer chugging, gold mining and fist-fighting
Making Cheese In the Industrial Revolution By Khee Hoon Chan • September 19th, 2017 The game soon reveals that Tikvah is not immune to the horrors of the outside world. For the most part, her laboring remains pastoral and peaceful.
YIIK Is More Than Just The ’90s Version Of EarthBound By Khee Hoon Chan • September 12th, 2017 Saying that YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG is an Earthbound-like roleplaying game set in the late 20th century may suffice in getting folks to smash download demo
Geralt Isn’t The Protagonist of Witcher 3 By Khee Hoon Chan • September 5th, 2017 Witcher 3 is, in fact, a coming-of-age story about Ciri, a young woman coming to terms with her tremendous powers and responsibilities.
