Andrew Johnston

ANDREW JOHNSTON is a teacher, writer and documentarian based out of mainland East Asia. Contact: dmjohnston AT outlook.com

📍 Kaifeng, Henan, China

Lost Sacred Gems: The State of Indie Games in 2022 and Beyond

Small teams have made a big impact in recent years, but will they ever truly rule the roost?

There’s a long literary tradition of telling stories through letters; here’s how it works in games

The first of the big Chinese indies is here, and it balances cultural design with genre trappings familiar to Westerners

Valve’s team-based FPS has outlasted a lot of competitors — but what comes next?

The rise of retro gaming has transformed the once-shadowy clone console market into a legitimate global business

From a banished pastime to a cultural behemoth, this is how interactive media have shaped — and been shaped by— the PRC