Entries from The Asian Power Hour tagged with 'Taiwan'
Otaku Culture Exhibit
When I was traveling around in Japan last year, I was bummed because I wasn't able to attend a an exhibit in Osaka on the history of Japanese toy giant Kaiyodo, and the growth of Otaku culture. However, I...
RFID card battling game Juushinden roars onto the Nintendo DS
As usual, I'm excited by any RFID collectible game tech and it just so happens that I was in the right time and the right place to see the release of Juushinden: Ultimate Beast Battlers in Taiwan. The gameplay...
The Sims + Asia = Weird
OK, i'm not even sure how to file this one. This is a mod for the Sims 2 from Taiwan for a Sun Yat-Sen and Doraemon skin. There really isn't anything more I can bring to the table here...
State of the Wii. Wii Fit and interface design.
Rather soon after it came out, I've been sort of an anti-Wii advocate. I truly believe that the future of gaming (in drawing in new players) lies in accessible interfaces and easily grasped gameplay. Easy to understand, but still...
Portable gaming in a public venue.
More exciting news for me. You might recall that Kotaku did a post a while back about that Monster Hunter "event" in Akiba that just didn't fly. Well, it seems there's a lot more love here in Taiwan. As...
The Revival of the Arcade in Taiwan
So this is really exciting news for me personally, and I apologize for the extremely text heavy post. I'm a firm believer in the Arcade as a gaming institution that shouldn't fade into obscurity. As you may have read...
Taipei Metro Implements Single Fare IC Tech
This is fairly exciting news. It seems the Taipei Metro, in a bid to move away from paper waste caused by the hundreds of thousands of tickets it generates everyday has decided to do away with paper tickets and...
Korea and Taiwan Super Knockoff time!
Saw this Korean Street Fighter 2 show knockoff on Kotaku, and it's too badass not to post: On the same note, Taiwan and Fist of the North Star, Enjoy!...
Taiwan, the times are a changing.
There seems to be a recent trend of politically correct activism in Taiwan recently, mostly by changing the name of public structures and areas named after former KMT Dictator and warlord Chiang Kai-Shek. I was fairly surprised during my...
A visit to EA Taiwan and Current Gaming Trends in Asia
I was fortunate enough to spend some time talking with the folks at the Electronic Arts Branch in Taipei, Taiwan, this winter. After looking at the state of gaming in Taiwan, some key differences arose concerning the nature of the...
EA Taiwan
I was fortunate enough to spend some time talking with the folks at the Electronic Arts Branch in Taipei, Taiwan, this winter. After looking at the state of gaming in Taiwan, some key differences arose concerning the nature of the...
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