Joe Yizhou Xu
@joexu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Old Dominion University | Former journalist/documentarian | Researching China's mobile tech/game industry. #gamestudies #mediaindustries
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Joe Yizhou Xu
@joexu.bsky.social
· Jan 3
New publication for the New Year 🎊 my open access article: "(Re)producing orientalism
Industry logic of Chinese mobile game reskins in the global app empire" is now published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture eludamos.org/index.php/el...
Industry logic of Chinese mobile game reskins in the global app empire" is now published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture eludamos.org/index.php/el...
If AI is all the rage why is my Google assistant still dumb as rocks?
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If AI is all the rage why is my Google assistant still dumb as rocks?
NYT China coverage reduced to this.
May 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
NYT China coverage reduced to this.
Criminal behavior now called rewiring lol
There are more ways than ever to rub elbows with President Donald Trump and his inner circle — especially for those willing to pay.
From a Kennedy Center makeover to crypto sweepstakes: How Trump is rewiring Washington access | CNN Politics
There are more ways than ever to rub elbows with President Donald Trump and his inner circle — especially for those willing to pay.
www.cnn.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Criminal behavior now called rewiring lol
Where was this tweet when I taught my Global Media Industries class last semester? 😂
Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Where was this tweet when I taught my Global Media Industries class last semester? 😂
Very confusing timeline
April 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Very confusing timeline
Got summoned for jury duty in Maryland, a state I have not lived in for 20 years lol
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Got summoned for jury duty in Maryland, a state I have not lived in for 20 years lol
This app was always a trap and surveillance tool www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Homeland Security revokes legal status for migrants who entered U.S. using CBP One app
The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.
www.pbs.org
April 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This app was always a trap and surveillance tool www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
I clearly underestimated the horror that is about to befall academia 4 months ago.
Pretty stunning how most universities have said NOTHING about supporting international and undocumented students in what's about to be the largest deportation in US history.
March 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I clearly underestimated the horror that is about to befall academia 4 months ago.
I realized the best way to judge a country's crusine is to see how well they can cook eggplant.
March 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I realized the best way to judge a country's crusine is to see how well they can cook eggplant.
What could go wrong?
February 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What could go wrong?
Why is Trump obsessed with Andrew Jackson, William McKinley and James Monroe, where did he learn US history?
February 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Why is Trump obsessed with Andrew Jackson, William McKinley and James Monroe, where did he learn US history?
Incredible diversity of "experts" on Wired as usual.
February 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Incredible diversity of "experts" on Wired as usual.
I literally just had a lecture about the importance of the Marshall Plan to postwar recovery and here is Trump dismantling USAID
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I literally just had a lecture about the importance of the Marshall Plan to postwar recovery and here is Trump dismantling USAID
Wait so right wingers finally discovered the term hegemonic, tries to appropriate it, only to realize the US will no longer be a hegemon in the future lol
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wait so right wingers finally discovered the term hegemonic, tries to appropriate it, only to realize the US will no longer be a hegemon in the future lol
Must be a Virginia thing, the moment I opened Facebook marketplace it is all Confederate memorabilia.
January 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Must be a Virginia thing, the moment I opened Facebook marketplace it is all Confederate memorabilia.
Pray I can get into this conference in Japan so that I can well...go to Japan 🙏
January 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pray I can get into this conference in Japan so that I can well...go to Japan 🙏
New publication for the New Year 🎊 my open access article: "(Re)producing orientalism
Industry logic of Chinese mobile game reskins in the global app empire" is now published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture eludamos.org/index.php/el...
Industry logic of Chinese mobile game reskins in the global app empire" is now published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture eludamos.org/index.php/el...
January 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New publication for the New Year 🎊 my open access article: "(Re)producing orientalism
Industry logic of Chinese mobile game reskins in the global app empire" is now published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture eludamos.org/index.php/el...
Industry logic of Chinese mobile game reskins in the global app empire" is now published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture eludamos.org/index.php/el...
The fact these two films are available for free on Youtube is kind of funny, aptly timed too.
December 20, 2024 at 2:32 AM
The fact these two films are available for free on Youtube is kind of funny, aptly timed too.
Just found out the Asian population make up of 15.56% of the population in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is the HQ of Walmart so that makes sense lol.
December 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Just found out the Asian population make up of 15.56% of the population in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is the HQ of Walmart so that makes sense lol.
The osmanthus fragrans 桂花 tree I planted earlier this year finally bloomed.
November 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The osmanthus fragrans 桂花 tree I planted earlier this year finally bloomed.
Excited my talk "Passion, Crunch, and the Perpetuation of Productivity in the Chinese Mobile Game Industry" is accepted at SCMS 2025, see y'all next year.
November 25, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Excited my talk "Passion, Crunch, and the Perpetuation of Productivity in the Chinese Mobile Game Industry" is accepted at SCMS 2025, see y'all next year.
House committee hearings sound like a plot to a really bad sci-fi movie.
November 19, 2024 at 5:42 PM
House committee hearings sound like a plot to a really bad sci-fi movie.
Pretty stunning how most universities have said NOTHING about supporting international and undocumented students in what's about to be the largest deportation in US history.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Pretty stunning how most universities have said NOTHING about supporting international and undocumented students in what's about to be the largest deportation in US history.