2024-09-29
I was briefly quoted on this great piece from @restofworld about Black Myth: Wukong's impact. I think this is it. Everything that was supposed to be said about the game launch has been said. Now let's wait until it reaches 25M copies sold... https://restofworld.org/...
Rest of World
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
Lizzi C. Lee / Rest of World : X: @sluongng , @restofworld , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , @danielolimac , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , and @wstv_lizzi X: Son Luong / @sluongng : I...
2024-09-28
I was briefly quoted on this great piece from @restofworld about Black Myth: Wukong's impact. I think this is it. Everything that was supposed to be said about the game launch has been said. Now let's wait until it reaches 25M copies sold... https://restofworld.org/...
Rest of World
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
China is changing its long-critical stance thanks to the smash hit, according to Chinese game developers and industry analysts. X: @sluongng , @wstv_lizzi , @wstv_lizzi , @restofwo...
2024-05-10
I was once interviewed in person (in Shenzhen) for a marketing position at Baidu and it was one of the weirdest and most insulting interviews I ever had. They wanted me to produce an outrageous amount of test content that would take me days to complete.
CNN
Baidu's PR chief Qu Jing reportedly left the company after criticism over her Douyin videos demanding that workers must be available 24 hours a day
Nectar Gan / CNN :
2024-05-09
I was once interviewed in person (in Shenzhen) for a marketing position at Baidu and it was one of the weirdest and most insulting interviews I ever had. They wanted me to produce an outrageous amount of test content that would take me days to complete.
Financial Times
Baidu VP Qu Jing posted several videos on Douyin demeaning staff, intended to promote Baidu, that reignited criticism of Chinese tech companies' work culture
Financial Times :
2023-11-29
ayn is another brand producing handheld gaming devices, both Android and Windows. Unsurprisingly, this is a Shenzhen company. @AYANEO__ and @OnexPlayer_ are two other competitors also from Shenzhen. Steam Deck, Asus ROG, GPD Win are other players in this growing market. [image]
The Verge
A look at Ayaneo's $199+ Retro Mini PC AM01, designed to look like a 1980s-era Macintosh, with Ryzen chip options, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage
Ayaneo, which is mostly known for making handheld gaming consoles, just fully revealed the new Retro Mini PC AM01 after teasing it a few weeks ago.
2021-08-14
This whole thing about the #Nvidia CEO being rendered in CGI reminds me of “that” #PS5 presention that had a lot of CGI rendered versions of industry heads. Sony never confirmed it was CGI, but I'm still convinced it was. Seriously. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
VICE
Nvidia says part of its April keynote was led by a virtual replica of CEO Jensen Huang, created by scanning Huang and then training an AI to mimic his gestures
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE :
2021-08-13
This whole thing about the #Nvidia CEO being rendered in CGI reminds me of “that” #PS5 presention that had a lot of CGI rendered versions of industry heads. Sony never confirmed it was CGI, but I'm still convinced it was. Seriously. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
VICE
Nvidia says part of its April keynote was led by a virtual replica of CEO Jensen Huang, created by scanning Huang and then training an AI to mimic his gestures
Nvidia pulled off a stunt to promote and showcase its latest technology by digitizing its CEO Jensen Huang in a conference keynote.