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Criken

  • YouTuber, Twitch streamer
  • Keenan Mosimann
  • @criken
  • American
  • 32 years old
  • Pisces
  • 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
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Keenan Mosimann, known as Criken, is a streamer who makes compilations of funny gaming moments for YouTube.[1][2] He also helped develop Close Your, which won Best Student Game at the 2015 Independent Games Festival.[3][4]

Close Your and I.C.U.

He studied game design at USC.[2] By October 2014, he was working with Zach Suite and Will Hellwarth on Close Your, a game whose story jumps forward whenever the player blinks.[3] The game also won the IndieCade Developer's Choice Award in 2014.[4]

His I.C.U. Kickstarter campaign ran from September 27 to October 31, 2016, and raised $82,932 from 2,004 backers against a $50,000 goal. It pitched a horror game set inside a reality show controlled by a live Twitch audience.[5]

Interactive shows

By March 2019, he had received investment from Betaworks to launch Ghost Commander, an interactive ghost-hunting show on Twitch.[6] He is CEO of Ghost Commander, a platform that creates and manages interactive live shows.[2]

In May 2023, he played Hetch and Squiggles in Generation Loss: The Social Experiments.[7] He co-wrote The Social Experiments with Ranboo.

Personal information

Real name
Keenan Mosimann [2][3][5][6][8][9]
Gender
Male [7]
Birthday
Age
32 years
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Height
~ 5 ft 8 in / 173 cm
Weight
~ 157 lbs / 71 kg
Birthplace
United States
Based in
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation
YouTuber [1][6]
Nationality
American
Education
Game design at USC [2][3][6]

General information

Language
EN
On Twitch since
16 October 2010
Twitch followers
364,207
Channel age
16y 3w
Twitch data updated
Category
World of Warcraft
Teams
GG Talent Group, oddlaws

Sources

  1. "Creators". GG Talent Group. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on September 22, 2026.
  2. "Ghost Commander". Ghost Commander. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on September 28, 2026.
  3. "USC students taking their game to IndieCade". Daily Trojan. October 5, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on February 23, 2025.
  4. "USC wins top awards at Independent Games Festival". USC Today. March 5, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on July 10, 2024.
  5. "I.C.U. - The Interactive Horror Game Show". Kickstarter. Retrieved November 2, 2026.
  6. "CAA Continues Foray Into Gaming Creator Space With ‘Criken’, Elspeth Eastman (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. March 12, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on June 13, 2024.
  7. "Criken on X: "That's a wrap on #generationloss the Social Experiments! So honored to have had the chance to work on this project with such an amazing cast and crew! Hetch and Squiggles were a blast to play and I can't wait to share some BTS goodies in the coming days! 😉"". X. May 29, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2026.
  8. "Building the Bridge from Conceptual Games to Game Design Company". USC School of Cinematic Arts. August 31, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on April 14, 2026.
  9. "Opening day of the 2015 Taipei Game Developers Forum". COMPOTECH ASIA. July 23, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Archived on January 24, 2025.
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