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Kotaku EastGamers Walk Over a Thousand Miles with Their Online Friends’ Help
The year of the Snake is winding down and the year of the Horse is dawning upon us. In China, this means the beginning of the annual “Spring Festival Rush” known as “Chun Yun,” where millions upon millions of Chinese travel home to celebrate the lunar new year with their families. While the rest of…
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Kotaku East
The Death of a Taiwanese Game Shop
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…
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Kotaku East
Taiwan’s Military Scouts Recruits at Game Expo
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. Taiwan…
By Eric Jou
