In Real Life

Go-Bots? Knight Rider? What. Is. This.

The nature of Chinese manufacturing can sometimes be an awful thing, but at times, it can be wonderful as well. Like this…thing, which looks like it used to be a Go-Bot, before it emerged from a cocoon into something amazing.


January 11, 2012
In Real Life

Chinese Phone Game Throws Red Shell At Mario Kart

Watch this from across the room, or squinting, and you’ll think it’s Mario Kart. From the effects to the course design, it is literally Mario Kart Wii.


December 27, 2011
Nintendo

Android Tablet Rips Off Sony, Nintendo, Angry Birds And Everyone Else

Chinese tablet company JXD has released a new unit called the S7100, which in an effort to sell to its local market, flaunts not just its specs, but who and exactly where it’s ripping off properties that are owned and controlled by someone else.


November 10, 2011
Xbox

Kinect For $20? Oh China.

What’s this, a new, more angular version of Microsoft’s Kinect? Not quite. It’s just a wireless receiver for a PC that looks like a Kinect, down to the Microsoft-inspired packaging.


September 2, 2011
In Real Life

Fake Angry Birds Game Shoots Real Plush Birds At Green Balloons

Oh China. First a bootleg Blizzard theme park and now this, bootleg, real-life games of Angry Birds? What’s next, fake Apple stores? Fake consoles? Oh.


July 19, 2011
In Real Life

Well, The World Of Warcraft/StarCraft Theme Park Actually Opened

Joyland, a theme park in China built with massive (if unlicensed) tributes to the video games of Blizzard Entertainment, has actually opened its doors. People are going on the rides. And taking photos.


May 23, 2011
Retro

Harry Potter On The Genesis Looks Awesome

There is of course no such thing as a Harry Potter game on the Sega Genesis. The series came about far too late for Sega’s old console. If you thought that would stop Chinese pirates, though, you don’t know Chinese pirates too well.


May 17, 2011
In Real Life

China Has Its Own America’s Army

Sadly, it’s not called Capitalist Running Lackey Pig Dog Army. Nor is it called China’s Army. It’s called Mission of Honor, which for fans of Chinese rip-off naming conventions is still pretty great.


February 8, 2011
In Real Life

This Theme Park Is Like Disneyland For Starcraft, WoW Fans

Joyland, a Chinese theme park due to open its doors in May this year, looks to be at least partly inspired by the games of Blizzard Entertainment.