Hungriger Henry Zhou
@normandhaw.bsky.social
PhD in Computational Media @UCSC. Trying my best to read critical theories. He/Him. Committed to my lifelong duty of no original tweet. https://normand-1024.github.io/
Pinned
Through an analysis of agency through an infrastructure of suggestion(s), intention(s), and transformation(s), @normandhaw.bsky.social uses Rhythm Doctor (2021) to explore the dynamic interactions between different, fluctuating forms of agency during play: gamescriticism.org/2024/11/14/z...
Infrastructure of Agency: An Anti-essentialist and Post-humanist Framework for Video Game Agency
by Hongwei Zhou Published December 2024 Download full pdf of article here. Abstract There are many divergent articulations and definitions of agency in game studies, characterized by differing disc…
gamescriticism.org
Really excited that my paper is out!! It went through many rewrites and I hope that my framing around agency is helpful to folks!
Haven't read the paper yet but in my experience LLM is just terrible at picking up what makes writers actually proud of their work like proses, themes and very tailored moments of obfuscation and reveal. Glad there's a study on it now!
"[Writers] preferred inspiration outside generated content and did not find the proposed collaborative work with LLMs enjoyable or fulfilling."
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/112...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/112...
Could vs Should: Exploring Prompting Strategies and Writer Perspectives Towards LLM Assistance in Storylet Authoring
Large Language Models (LLMs) and procedural narrative practices have grown significantly over the past few years, but there are many questions about their newfound capabilities. In the context of vide...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Haven't read the paper yet but in my experience LLM is just terrible at picking up what makes writers actually proud of their work like proses, themes and very tailored moments of obfuscation and reveal. Glad there's a study on it now!
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
It's a good time to write a book about a single game/series!
There's the great work being published by @bossfightbooks.com
And now three of the best scholarly presses have joined in ...
There's the great work being published by @bossfightbooks.com
And now three of the best scholarly presses have joined in ...
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's a good time to write a book about a single game/series!
There's the great work being published by @bossfightbooks.com
And now three of the best scholarly presses have joined in ...
There's the great work being published by @bossfightbooks.com
And now three of the best scholarly presses have joined in ...
I've been teaching and mentoring beginning game makers for a while. One thing I noitced is that they very often try to introduce variety by making completely different (mini)games.
It feels like a really surface level understanding of variety
It feels like a really surface level understanding of variety
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I've been teaching and mentoring beginning game makers for a while. One thing I noitced is that they very often try to introduce variety by making completely different (mini)games.
It feels like a really surface level understanding of variety
It feels like a really surface level understanding of variety
I ordered a "big spicy" at a malatang place in Flushing. The person apologied as she handed me the bowl with mostly redness on top of it.
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I ordered a "big spicy" at a malatang place in Flushing. The person apologied as she handed me the bowl with mostly redness on top of it.
In light of all discussions of AI use in education, people don't talk often enough about hybrid cases, where some efforts were involved but there's things like hallucination that points to AI use.
There's a lost of trust but at the same time treating it as plagiarism doesn't feel quite right.
There's a lost of trust but at the same time treating it as plagiarism doesn't feel quite right.
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
In light of all discussions of AI use in education, people don't talk often enough about hybrid cases, where some efforts were involved but there's things like hallucination that points to AI use.
There's a lost of trust but at the same time treating it as plagiarism doesn't feel quite right.
There's a lost of trust but at the same time treating it as plagiarism doesn't feel quite right.
I'm a Battlefield fanboy. Not sure how many could connect with my observation here but it's very interesting to see the mixed reactions for Battlefield 6 coming from supposed "fans" and "veterans".
It is like a "communal" feeling that can only define itself thru oppositions.
It is like a "communal" feeling that can only define itself thru oppositions.
August 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm a Battlefield fanboy. Not sure how many could connect with my observation here but it's very interesting to see the mixed reactions for Battlefield 6 coming from supposed "fans" and "veterans".
It is like a "communal" feeling that can only define itself thru oppositions.
It is like a "communal" feeling that can only define itself thru oppositions.
My first experience with the NYPD is that it took 3 visits where each time there's new rules that we didn't meet to file a police report.
The very last time the officer looked at 2 documents for minutes and then came up with a reason that doesn't even follow the state law.
The very last time the officer looked at 2 documents for minutes and then came up with a reason that doesn't even follow the state law.
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My first experience with the NYPD is that it took 3 visits where each time there's new rules that we didn't meet to file a police report.
The very last time the officer looked at 2 documents for minutes and then came up with a reason that doesn't even follow the state law.
The very last time the officer looked at 2 documents for minutes and then came up with a reason that doesn't even follow the state law.
"this does not look like a game from 10 years ago" just doesn't make sense anymore in the age of marginal graphical improvement. Almost every game from 10 years ago "does not look like a game from 10 years ago"
July 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"this does not look like a game from 10 years ago" just doesn't make sense anymore in the age of marginal graphical improvement. Almost every game from 10 years ago "does not look like a game from 10 years ago"
Murders on the Yangtze River is a really well-made ACE Attorney-like.
I'm mostly fascinated by the historicity of the plot. The colonial theme slowly reveals itself across all the murder mysteries and the drama of the court (e.g. they had a pair of British and Chinese judges during court hearings)
I'm mostly fascinated by the historicity of the plot. The colonial theme slowly reveals itself across all the murder mysteries and the drama of the court (e.g. they had a pair of British and Chinese judges during court hearings)
July 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Murders on the Yangtze River is a really well-made ACE Attorney-like.
I'm mostly fascinated by the historicity of the plot. The colonial theme slowly reveals itself across all the murder mysteries and the drama of the court (e.g. they had a pair of British and Chinese judges during court hearings)
I'm mostly fascinated by the historicity of the plot. The colonial theme slowly reveals itself across all the murder mysteries and the drama of the court (e.g. they had a pair of British and Chinese judges during court hearings)
I was today years young when I learned that Butlerian Jihad was a Dune term, not a fun word for queer revolution.
May 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I was today years young when I learned that Butlerian Jihad was a Dune term, not a fun word for queer revolution.
I'm so thankful that Roottrees are Dead uses MSAA, sick and tired of seeing TAA and DLSS everywhere and sometimes they look downright ugly
April 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm so thankful that Roottrees are Dead uses MSAA, sick and tired of seeing TAA and DLSS everywhere and sometimes they look downright ugly
The Witness is one of the most influential games for developing my taste in games. And seeing JBlow's politics was obviously pretty disappointing.
And Reddit is trying to find whether we could've seen his turn in the game, which is a fascinating discussion to me.
And Reddit is trying to find whether we could've seen his turn in the game, which is a fascinating discussion to me.
April 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Witness is one of the most influential games for developing my taste in games. And seeing JBlow's politics was obviously pretty disappointing.
And Reddit is trying to find whether we could've seen his turn in the game, which is a fascinating discussion to me.
And Reddit is trying to find whether we could've seen his turn in the game, which is a fascinating discussion to me.
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
Just a quick reminder that when Miyazaki said that AI-created animation was "an insult to life itself" he was speaking not just about humans abdicating the act of creation, but also of the moral obscenity that flows from the work of a robotic "creator" with no understanding of human dignity or pain.
I don't know whether you saw the clip, but Miyazaki talks about how the simulated zombie reminds him of a disabled friend, which is the context behind "insult to life itself"
youtu.be/ngZ0K3lWKRc
youtu.be/ngZ0K3lWKRc
Hayao Miyazaki's thoughts on an artificial intelligence
YouTube video by Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just a quick reminder that when Miyazaki said that AI-created animation was "an insult to life itself" he was speaking not just about humans abdicating the act of creation, but also of the moral obscenity that flows from the work of a robotic "creator" with no understanding of human dignity or pain.
As I keep writing for my dissertation game, it really struck me how powerful dialogue choice is as an expressive form
I love creating contrast between options. It makes you imagine what could've been, and whatever happens afterwards can respond to that contrast to communicate a message
I love creating contrast between options. It makes you imagine what could've been, and whatever happens afterwards can respond to that contrast to communicate a message
March 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
As I keep writing for my dissertation game, it really struck me how powerful dialogue choice is as an expressive form
I love creating contrast between options. It makes you imagine what could've been, and whatever happens afterwards can respond to that contrast to communicate a message
I love creating contrast between options. It makes you imagine what could've been, and whatever happens afterwards can respond to that contrast to communicate a message
Dead Letter Dept is an amazing low-poly+analog horror game.
Although it made me think about endings, I ended up reading on the good ending because it's very missable and I dread playing it again. Part of me wishes that the choices were presented more directly...
Although it made me think about endings, I ended up reading on the good ending because it's very missable and I dread playing it again. Part of me wishes that the choices were presented more directly...
March 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Dead Letter Dept is an amazing low-poly+analog horror game.
Although it made me think about endings, I ended up reading on the good ending because it's very missable and I dread playing it again. Part of me wishes that the choices were presented more directly...
Although it made me think about endings, I ended up reading on the good ending because it's very missable and I dread playing it again. Part of me wishes that the choices were presented more directly...
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
things I need to watch immediately
Oh I found it, didn't realize they were recording these even way back then
www.gdcvault.com/play/1014466...
www.gdcvault.com/play/1014466...
The Fantasy of Labor: How Social Games Create Meaning [SOGS Design]
www.gdcvault.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
things I need to watch immediately
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
ANNOUNCEMENT!
my game is releasing on Monday!
"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.
It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER
Releasing Monday January 20th!
bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
my game is releasing on Monday!
"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.
It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER
Releasing Monday January 20th!
bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT!
my game is releasing on Monday!
"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.
It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER
Releasing Monday January 20th!
bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
my game is releasing on Monday!
"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.
It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER
Releasing Monday January 20th!
bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
Watching this Nvidia conference just makes me imagine how 30 years from now people are gonna write "deep history" or "platform studies" to imagine how computer graphics could've turned out differently
January 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Watching this Nvidia conference just makes me imagine how 30 years from now people are gonna write "deep history" or "platform studies" to imagine how computer graphics could've turned out differently
Reposted by Hungriger Henry Zhou
omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
December 30, 2024 at 12:25 AM
omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
Really excited that my paper is out!! It went through many rewrites and I hope that my framing around agency is helpful to folks!
Through an analysis of agency through an infrastructure of suggestion(s), intention(s), and transformation(s), @normandhaw.bsky.social uses Rhythm Doctor (2021) to explore the dynamic interactions between different, fluctuating forms of agency during play: gamescriticism.org/2024/11/14/z...
Infrastructure of Agency: An Anti-essentialist and Post-humanist Framework for Video Game Agency
by Hongwei Zhou Published December 2024 Download full pdf of article here. Abstract There are many divergent articulations and definitions of agency in game studies, characterized by differing disc…
gamescriticism.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Really excited that my paper is out!! It went through many rewrites and I hope that my framing around agency is helpful to folks!
There's something about being too much of a gamer where you become very illterate to process dialogues. I missed so much of Mouthwashing's initial setup and key (Anya's) plot points that I honestly felt embrassed for how much I didn't understand what was going on.
December 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
There's something about being too much of a gamer where you become very illterate to process dialogues. I missed so much of Mouthwashing's initial setup and key (Anya's) plot points that I honestly felt embrassed for how much I didn't understand what was going on.