Taiwan has had fairly good relations with Japan—that's taking into account that Japan once occupied the island. To celebrate and to strengthen these relations, Japan's NGO Earth non government organization recently sent a group of volunteers to the island. The volunteers were Power Rangers.
As far as fireworks festivals go, they don't get much more dangerous than this.
Aw, look at that little kid! And her little Survey Corps outfit. So precious.
Video games often have epic music. The Encounter music from Metal Gear Solid will always be burned into my mind as something that instills urgency. Music from the Assassin's Creed series is the same, so no wonder that students from Taipei's Dongshi Middle School used the music for their flag-twirling performance.
Sex sells. It's sad, but true. We see that in the world of video game games, music, and wire mesh. Wire mesh? In Taiwan, wire mesh.
Shopkeeper Ms. Wang has run a video games shop in Taipei for well over 10 years. Located in the underground Taipei City Mall, Wang's shop is one of two mom and pop stores that specialise in selling retro games. Now, after more than a decade, she's talking about calling it quits and moving on towards something else.
The Taipei Game Show, that "other" TGS, is like every other video game show out there. Lots of pretty people, lots of gamers, and games games games galore. However, this year's Taipei Game Show has something not so normal: within the depths of the game show convention is a recruitment base for Taiwan's military.
In the past, funeral processions in Taiwan featured traditional Chinese instruments. Now, some sport marching bands, complete with baton twirling and go-go boots.
Last month, Kotaku reported that student interns were allegedly forced to manufacture the PlayStation 4. With the PS4 now out, rumors have popped up that some of those alleged student interns sabotaged Sony's gaming console. Those rumors are spreading online, but, juicy as they are, they're very thin.
Reader Craig was married in Taiwan the other day. His wedding, as you can probably guess from the headline and images, was not your normal, everyday nuptials.
Ballistic facemasks aren't new. We've seen them in movies, comic books, video games like Army of Two. And we've seen them in real life, where they are utterly intimidating.
There's also some freerunning, gymnastics, and even fishing. No lighting-based attacks, though.
Ideas of what's socially acceptable differ from country to country. What some might think is okay, others might not. Take blue pierced animated nipples, for example. That might be cool where you live. Maybe not.
PS4 gets a launch window in Asia. Sony revealed tonight that the PS4 will be available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea this December. Japan won't get it until next February.
Beware of falling rocks. Slippery roads. And in parts of Japan and Taiwan, mind the felines!
With all the world championship tournaments going on over the last few months, one tournament was sort of left in the wind. While this might have happened earlier this month, it's still interesting. During this year's Yu-Gi-Oh World Championships, a new King of Games was crowned.
In Taiwan, Nintendo is localizing Doraemon: Nobita’s Number Adventure, which, of course, features the iconic blue robotic cat Doraemon. To mark the game's release, Nintendo is holding a contest in which five lucky people can win the above 3DS.
Fakes. Copies. Knock-offs. Cheap imitations might get a bad name, but that doesn't mean they are uninteresting. Take these phony Transformers, for example. They're pandas! And they're wonderful.
Earlier this summer, Japanese site Omocoro tried to see if Photoshop could turn an "ugly" staff writer into a beautiful woman. At the time, it wasn't doable. Now, Taiwanese Photoshop masters have taken up this seemingly impossible challenge. But did they succeed?
When you really love someone, nothing will stand in your way — particularly not when your girlfriend has psychic powers.
