Eric Jou's discussions

Both you @doogfood and @Marlor - make good points but i have to side with Marlor. The issue that the bootleggers see is that they're not making enough profit from the imported games and the price gouging from the pirated games is making it almost uneconomical. If there were set prices they could do business on the… Read more

it delivers in China - Hong Kong - and Taiwan =] Read more

We paid the extra 200 - it wasn't a lie. The drive that we had in ours was a Hitachi and couldn't be programed to be region free/play bootleg discs. Read more

Haha - I have an "Ayi" for that. She comes once a week to clean! Read more

Hmm I never thought about it but I'm pretty sure Arcades were around before Street Fighter - I think Street Fighter's Chinese name might have something to do with Arcades being on the streets. Who knows? I'll find out! Read more

We watched the whole thing lol - he didn't really switch our drive - in fact we got to keep the original drive - he even showed us how to use it as a DVD player... Read more

Hahah - I'm in China. Carlsberg is cheap =]. If you ever get the chance try the following disgusting beers! Read more

Hey - I'm a journalist by trade, for the most part we're alcoholics! I call this progress! Read more

When you look at some of the clutter it becomes apparant that it might have to do with the fact that delivery is a big thing in Asia. Like I know my apartment in Beijing is littered with McDonalds delivery... Read more

I'm confused >_>... What are you trying to say about this article? Read more

hahaha - sorry about =]! I was on the go so I didn't phrase it right. I think the better way was - they may have gotten into their heads that they can do what the locals do and do away with their "civility". this whole入乡随俗Thing lol Read more

It might be that the foreigners think they can get away with everything. Spitting in China's gotten a whole lot better since SARS. I remember being here in 09 and it was still Terrible. now it's gotten so much better. Read more

G GUNDAM!!! I LOVE IT Read more

NINTENDO 4 LIFE =], I don't think Big N will pull a sega, closest thing would be flaming out in a ball of glory! Read more

It appears everyone in Chow's camp are a Mr. Something =[ In our previous post we had a Mr. Chen. We've called Mr. Chow's camp to confirm but so far no reply. Read more

Definitely! It's also just down the street from the super expensive Taipei Hello Kitty Cafe (not to be confused with the one in Beijing) Read more

I concur! they need a barbie/Ken! Read more

I can and I might =] maybe my lovely companion who only ever shows up in this post as a hand would come and join me again! Read more

Because sometimes a man's gotta go! Read more

I would love to eat a real "Fred Flintsone burger"! To me that'd be a huge rack of "boneless" ribs (ala mcribb) in a bun. Read more