The Spectacle of Suffering By Zonghang Zhou • September 29th, 2025 Across the screen, pain is spectacle.
Orphan in the Beautiful World By Zonghang Zhou • May 21st, 2025 You are always able to refuse passivity and remain true to your original aspiration.
Corrupted Hero, Corrupted Dream By Zonghang Zhou • February 24th, 2025 Still, viewers choose to find good in the evil.
The Ambivalence of Resistance By Zonghang Zhou • October 7th, 2024 Once these antagonizing powers are crushed, the rationality that sustains and justifies our actions will be accordingly diluted and quickly absorbed.
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light” By Zonghang Zhou • July 3rd, 2024 Though the fear of impending death is rendered moot by respawn mechanics, you know it will eventually run out. Still, you flatly refuse to go gentle into that good night.
A Tale of Game Restrictions By Zonghang Zhou • April 30th, 2024 “I know what you want better than you do, and I am doing this for your own good.” Such blatant patronizing attitudes reveal the inherent disparity of identity between adults and minors.
Escape from Tomorrow By Zonghang Zhou • March 12th, 2024 The greatest pity is that Marcus does not succeed where Aiden has failed – to rebuild.
Promising Hope, but Never Delivering By Zonghang Zhou • January 15th, 2024 Standing still on the sand, I tried to probe into the devastation of my hope.
Chicago, the Ambiguous, and Ourselves By Zonghang Zhou • November 22nd, 2023 Beneath the veneer of a near-future dystopian technocracy, Watch Dogs is a bildungsroman of a man seeking redemption and salvation.
