Bullshit comic artist (https://xitter.cf/t.co/SfxNeFWvxq) • Working on a comic book w/ @joshfeola on Beijing underground music 1999-2019 • 1/32 of @ChaoyangTrap
Amsterdam
Joined May 2007
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For @_reallifemag, I wrote about Wechat stickers and public secrecy, feelings as tradeable objects on the Chinese internet, and the hopeful new forms of relationality that lazy ducks reveal:
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Amsterdam’s rental market reality 🏙️ as political statement.
New episode on *Don’t Get Your Hopes Up* from @krishraghav is out! An interactive comic about housing, hope & rigged systems 💸
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcas…
📺: youtu.be/u39gIESQd3s?si=72hv…
#DontGetYourHopesUp #indiegames
Wrote a little intro to this excerpt from @yilingliu95's new book, reflecting on Chinese hip-hop's strange decade and the tendency for "cultural freeze frames" in English writing on Chinese contemporary culture.
An excerpt from @yilingliu95’s "The Wall Dancers”, about how the internet made — and then unmade — Chinese hip-hop: “Kafe once aspired to be like Kendrick Lamar, who was commercially popular but also spoke truth to power. That would no longer be possible.“ equator.org/articles/have-mo…
Excited to be part of @ASFFest this November as part of the Official Selection!
Don't Get Your Hopes Up will be part of the Game Lab #ASFF2025 (as will I, visas permitting).
Check out the full programme, 5-9 November, York, UK: l.muz.kr/Oen
"Don’t Get Your Hopes Up may be a strange and fantastical tale, but it’s also a brutally honest representation of what it’s like to be adrift in a housing market that’s designed for the wealthy." - thank you @paulavaynshteyn!
Don't Get Your Hopes Up is a visual novel set amid a housing rental crisis, relatable to anyone who has ever experienced the desperation that comes from having to find a new home in a hurry.
@krishraghav has created something truly special here.
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Don't Get Your Hopes Up is a visual novel set amid a housing rental crisis, relatable to anyone who has ever experienced the desperation that comes from having to find a new home in a hurry.
@krishraghav has created something truly special here.
thenerdytype.com/2025/10/04/…
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I really, really loved this bite-sized narrative 'horror' game last night. Do yourself a favour and check out Don't Get Your Hopes Up. And it's free on Steam! rockpapershotgun.com/dont-ge…
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Housing horror story: Amsterdam’s rental market is a video game dutchnews.nl/?p=257626
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Don't Get Your Hopes Up (@krishraghav)
"You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam.
Your once-confident search is morphing into panic.
Nothing is available. Anything will do.
Anything. "
PWYC - Windows, Mac, Linux: warpdoor.com/2025/09/21/dont…
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Don't Get Your Hopes Up is all architectural horror, human warmth, and unnervingly stoic pigeons rockpapershotgun.com/dont-ge…
Excited to announce that my videogame, Don't Get Your Hopes Up, is out Tue Sep 16!
A short game about housing shortage and horror in architecture. A wayward history of Amsterdam. A weird, disquieting, experimental non-fiction piece.
Free on Steam/itch store.steampowered.com/app/3…
DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP
I made a videogame about the surreal horror of trying to find an apartment in Amsterdam.
"Coming soon" on Steam, free to play. A mix of visual novel, social commentary, and documentary.
I'd be delighted if you wishlist / share: store.steampowered.com/app/3…
I made my first Downpour game! SANDWICH OR DUMPLING is a short adventure about a terrible day at the data tagging factory, the work of Federico Campagna, and saving the world from Dutch food: downpour.games/~krishraghav_…
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“Today, we can expect a parade of treacly sycophantism, brazen sociopathy, and humanist admonishment. They write for their mark” - @palyouthmvmt address this date with the clarity it deserves thenewinquiry.com/one-year/
Roll credits on 九日 Nine Sols. An incredible (and brutal) game. I knew Red Candle wouldn't let me down. Lots to unpack here betn themes of regret, justice, belonging and conciliation. A lot to criticize too (the Shuanshuan arc in particular), but truly a spectacular achievement.
My mixtape series from last year (link in tweet below) got mentioned on @matoswk75's interview with @mountain_goats and I'm so moved by the kindness and depth of engagement shown to my small personal project. Thank you so much ❤️ michaelangelo.substack.com/p…
You can listen to the 10 mixes starting here: xitter.cf/krishraghav/status/161…
One of my 2023 resolutions was to explore connections betn the music of my childhood (Tamil pop) + music that influenced me (sinophone indie) to music in my new home (Netherlands)
So I made a mix (w/ notes) that goes from Ilaiyaraaja to Charlotte Adigéry
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Tomorrow night Thu 4 July 8pm in Amsterdam, with director Michael Gitlin in attendance and a moth walk afterwards! Join us: amsterdamalternative.nl/tick…
After its screening at @IFFR 2024, Michael Gitlin's beautiful film on moths - as fragile carriers of meaning - will be shown in Amsterdam for the first time on Thu July 4! Director in attendance, with a night moth walk afterwards 🦋 | Tickets + details: amsterdamalternative.nl/tick…
