Up by Up-Left is the video games research and writing blog of Ryan Zhao. Author of The Fundamentals of Video Game Literacy, one of the hosts of Cane and Rinse, Sound of Play, and Play;Write.

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I am currently studying procedural humor in video games, so I intend to use this blog as a way of sharing some of the research I do along the way while forming solid enough frameworks to publish. It’s an open table for discussion on these topics; I invite you to share this research journey.

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Otherwise, I’m sure I’ll write on some of the more general topics covered in my first book as well as writing some informal reviews and loose thoughts on games I play.

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All of the writing on the site utilizes ZERO artificial intelligence (and very little *actual* intelligence).