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This Chinese Actor Should Be Phoenix Wright, Says Chinese Internet
Former Asian teen heartthrob and current all around action movie super star Aaron Kwok has made big waves again on the Chinese blogosphere. This time, the waves have nothing to do with how good or how bad any of his movies are, but instead, about what he looks like in one of his movies. Kwok,…
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Cavemania Is A Grab Bag of Genres in Casual Game Form
What happens when you take a real time strategy game and an RPG, and wrap it all up in the package of a casual match three game? A huge stinking mess without a clear direction—at least that’s what I imagined when I was told about Cavemania. After taking my time with the game, I have…
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Escape From China’s Mystery Rooms!
Have you ever wanted to be locked in a hotel room? Or even trapped inside a murder scene? Well fear not: your odd, twisted fantasies have sort of been realised in Beijing’s newest craze, the mystery room escape! Mystery room escapes in Beijing are akin to a smaller-sized fun houses. Basically it’s a locked room…
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NetEase’s New League of Legends Clone Is Disappointingly Uninspired
A Three Kingdoms-based multiplayer online battle arena has long been over due. However, NetEase’s attempt at creating a Three Kingdoms MOBA with Heroes of Kingdoms leaves much to be desired. Ever since I started playing China’s various League of Legends and Defense of the Ancients clones, I’ve been expecting a Three Kingdoms-skinned version of it.…
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The Lighter Side Of China’s Compulsory Military Training
It’s September again, and that means the start of a brand new school year. In China, the new school year for college freshmen means more than just moving out of house and partying; it means compulsory military training. But it seems there is some fun to be had despite the training’s harsh nature. Attending university…
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The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Brings Awful Tasting Game-Based Cakes
Later this week, millions of ethnically Chinese people will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by getting together and having large family meals. Fast forward to the following week, millions upon millions of gifted “moon cakes” will be rotting away in the trash. Even the ridiculously cute and ornate ones. Traditionally the Mid-Autumn Festival, a harvest- and…
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How To Buy Games In China
Living in China is good for the most part. Smog and politics aside, life is good. You can get anything you’d want here, including video games. Here is a guide on how and where you can buy video games and consoles should you wind up in China. So how does one purchase games? Consoles and…
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Kotaku EastMike Tyson Says He Can Easily Take Down 100 Players In A Chinese RPG
In an obvious publicity stunt,”Iron Mike” Tyson recently boasted on his Chinese blog that he could take down over 100 players in the recently released Chinese online role-playing game Xianxia Shi Jie. Posting on his newly established Tencent micro-blog, Tyson posted his ultimatum to Chinese gamers in English. It’s unknown how Tyson’s challenge went on…
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Kotaku EastMeet China’s Newest Animated Hero… And His Very, Very Long Sword
Imagine a giant bug-infested world covered in poison mist. In this world, humans live in secluded areas where the mist is cannot hurt them. However, there is one person who can traverse the mist… who also happens to carry a super long sword. He’s the star of the Chinese Wolf Smoke Animation studio’s newest project.…
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China’s Domestic Animation Is Getting Better… Says China
Chinese animation’s always sorta been the bastard child of Asia. Not that Chinese animation isn’t any good—in fact, it’s getting better. Now, the country’s official news source has come out with articles talking about how China’s animation is getting better and how more people are watching domestically-created programs. In two separate articles written on China’s…
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Kotaku EastCheck Out China’s Fan-Made Mechanical Iron Man Helmet
Earlier this year we interviewed Chinese prop maker Wang Xiao Kang and showed off some of his spectacular works in progress. This time around, Wang’s finally ready to show off his finished product, a fully mechanised Iron Man Mark III helmet. Not only has Wang finished his Mark III helmet, he is now also ready…
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Introducing The Wonderfully Weird Hello Kitty Beer
From toys to snack cakes, Sanrio’s ever-famous cat can be seen peddling everything. Including beer. Now, the Internet and history has shown that Hello Kitty has graced the face of beer bottles before: At one point there was even a Hello Kitty licensed beer which was produced by Becks. However, this time, her feline visage…
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Producer Avi Arad On Mass Effect, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid Movies
Avi Arad, the man who helped put many comic book heroes on the big screen, including Spider-Man, Blade, and Iron Man, is at it again. This time, he’s set his sights on turning video game adaptations into Hollywood blockbusters, just the way comic book movies have become. During a recent interview in Beijing, Arad spoke…
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Kotaku EastWatch the Birth of the Yu-Gi-Oh Championships’ New ‘King of Games’
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. After a two-day tournament between 26 expert “duelists”, Taiwanese…
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China’s Military Says Pacific Rim Is American Propaganda
Pacific Rim is doing very well in China, despite some tiny subtitle problems, proving again that the Chinese love giant robots. However, even with all the popularity, the Chinese military isn’t very happy, claiming that the movie is nothing more than propaganda to spread “American values and ideas”. Last Friday, an article appeared in the…
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A Look Into The Homes Of China’s “Ant Tribe”
China churns out more and more college graduates every year. This year alone, close to 7 million Chinese students graduated from university. Many of these students will find decent, well-paying jobs, and many of them will not. Those who do not find “good” jobs and have no money end up in what is called the…
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China’s Top Cosplayer Talks About The Meaning of Cosplay
Standing at about 5 foot 11″ and wearing a black t-shirt with sweatpants, A. Xiu Lan takes a long draw from his cigarette. Looking at A from afar, one would see a skinny young Chinese man with disheveled hair and deep sunken eyes standing aimlessly while smoking. However, beneath A’s simple exterior is a beast…
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McDonald’s Chinese Black and White Burgers Are… Okay, I Guess
Around this time last year we brought you images of McDonald’s Black and White Burgers—two small “half burgers” that come in a tiny box. Originally a limited one-time deal (like so many of McDonald’s China’s usual offerings), these tiny round bi-colored sandwiches of weird meat, flavourings, sauce and veggies are back again. The verdict on…
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007? Spider-Pig? Nope, it’s GG Bond, China’s Super Pig
Pigs are god’s gift to earth. There, I said it. In terms of food, nearly every part of the pig is delicious porky goodness, and nowhere else in the world is the pig held in higher esteem than in China. It’s no wonder that one of China’s longest-running 3D animated television shows is a show…
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How One Chinese Publisher Is Going Global
The Chinese game market is a crazy and chaotic one. With consoles banned and rampant piracy, it’s hard to imagine breaking into the China market. Yet, the market is growing at such a rate that it’s impossible to ignore. Enter Chinese gaming publisher Yodo1. The publisher is helping Western studios tap the “gold mine” that…
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