The American ambassador to China has usually been an enigmatic figure to the Chinese people. Sure John Huntsman “speaks” Chinese (he really does just not often in public), and has Chinese daughters, he remained a mystery to the Chinese public during his tenure as ambassador. Gary Locke on the other hand, has captivated the attention of the Chinese internet by doing pretty much the most mundane things.
For many who live in Beijing, the first week of March is hell. Traffic is at its worst: random roads are cleared for black Audis with police escorts. This is all done for the National People’s Congress (NPC) and National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sessions — commonly known as the two sessions.
One of 2011′s more pleasant surprises was The Binding of Isaac, a game Totilo described as “a wonderfully warped Old Testament take on The Legend of Zelda“.
No modern-day military practice comes under more fire than unmanned aerial vehicle attacks. Bombing by UAV gets called out as cowardly or as a morally indefensible method of waging combat. It’s derisively been called video game warfare, a way of distancing the American public from the acts of violence done in their name. Fittingly, then, there’s now a video game about it.
What might kill video games in Korea? The ice age. Earlier this month, the South Korean government’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced plans for its new game shut down system. The “Cooling Off” system would restrict young people from playing for more than two hours in one day by automatically shutting down the game; gamers will be able to log-in again after 10 minutes of rest only once a day. Moreover, after one hour of play, the system would give warnings periodically.
If you’ve ever spent any time in Japan, you’ve seen them: big, black buses blaring right-wing propaganda. And today, you’re going to see an entire fleet of them. If Japanese itasha enthusiasts gather, Japanese right-wingers do, too. Here, it was also to mark Japan’s creation. This weekend, that’s exactly what happened.
Cosplay is a way for people to escape. It’s a way for people to take on another personality and be something that they are not, whether that ‘s a game character, an anime character, or in Kumiko Hayakawa’s case, a ring girl in a boxing match.
The Entertainment Software Association no longer supports the Stop Online Piracy Act, the controversial anti-piracy bill that was shelved earlier in the US House of Representatives after a week of fierce online protests.
According to a report on The Hill, over the weekend it was arranged that a planned vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act would not go ahead “unless there is consensus on the bill”.
Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, has gamers upset. DanGlozier66 over at HotBloodedGaming sent out a mass of emails to a whole host of companies.
