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New Game On! Review: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

New Game On! Review: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Eric Gau and Leslie Liao are back on Game On!, with their review of the hot new Nintendo brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! Click here to listen!  Continue reading
The Quantum VJ is the Glitchy Jewelry of the Future

The Quantum VJ is the Glitchy Jewelry of the Future

We all love music, right? And I’m sure some of you like unique jewelry and wearable tech. Well, get a load of the Quantum VJ! It’s an 8-bit audio-visualizer that hangs from your neck. According to Alexander Zolotov, the Quantum VJ’s creator, the 128×64 pixel OLED screen works by taking any audio source and outputting...Continue reading
HTC reveals virtual reality headset

HTC reveals virtual reality headset

In collaboration with U.S. based game developer, Valve, HTC has revealed its own virtual reality (VR) headset called Vive. The headset will be available to consumers later this year along with a developer kit coming out this spring. According to HTC, the Vive sports two 1200 x 1080 display screens that can handle up to...Continue reading
A Crispy Review: Kingsman - The Secret Service

A Crispy Review: Kingsman – The Secret Service

I’ve been relatively quiet on this blog, but there’s a good reason for that! I was back home in the states for a brief stint visiting my family. While I was there, I saw Kingsman: The Secret Service. I wasn’t sure what to expect prior going into the movie, and the only thing I knew...Continue reading
Gau's Gaming and Geekery: Settlers of Catan Review (2015 1/12)

Gau’s Gaming and Geekery: Settlers of Catan Review (2015 1/12)

Hi everybody! For 2015, I thought I’d try something new. This year, I’m going to attempt to do one board game review every month, and to start us off, we’ve got Settlers of Catan! This was the first ‘modern’ board game I learned to play, and I was introduced to it here in Taiwan, back...Continue reading
Bestselling Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson to Visit Taiwan

Bestselling Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson to Visit Taiwan

Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson will  visit Taiwan next February to meet with fans at the 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition. Sanderson’s Taiwan publisher says the American author of the popular Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series will attend three events on February 14. The author will talk about his work and take questions from 1...Continue reading
A Crispy Review: The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

A Crispy Review: The Hobbit – The Battle of the Five Armies

Bilbo contemplates wearing the ring of power. In the final installment of The Hobbit we start right where we left off in the previous movie, The Desolation of Smaug, in the Laketown which was set ablaze by the treacherous dragon, Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). People were screaming and running for dear life, and it...Continue reading
Gau's Gaming & Geekery: Love Letter Review

Gau’s Gaming & Geekery: Love Letter Review

Hey everyone! As some of you may have picked up over the years, I am something of a nerd, a geek, whatever you want to label it. I love games of all kinds, from board to card to video games. So I’m starting up a new series offering my thoughts on the games I’ve played,...Continue reading
Xbox One To Arrive in Taiwan 9/23

Xbox One To Arrive in Taiwan 9/23

Xbox fans of Taiwan, rejoice! The long wait is almost over! For lo, Microsoft Taiwan has announced that the Xbox One will soon be available for us! Specifically, it will be hitting store shelves in just over a week, on September 23rd! Here in Taiwan, we have two different versions of the console to choose...Continue reading
2014 Comic Exhibition in Taipei Draws Record Crowd on Opening Day

2014 Comic Exhibition in Taipei Draws Record Crowd on Opening Day

The 2014 Comic Exhibition in Taipei drew over 100,000 visitors on its first day yesterday, the event’s largest ever opening-day crowd in its 15-year history. According to the Chinese Animation and Comic Publishers Association, some 101,000 people visited the exhibition at Taipei World Trade Center. Some 70 publishers are displaying products at 530 booths at...Continue reading
A Crispy Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A Crispy Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!! Growing up as a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I had toys, bedding, sleeping bags, clothes, and the works as a kid), I was excited to hear a new movie was in the works a few years back. However, once learning it was going to be produced by Michael Bay...Continue reading
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

Hey all! Eric here with another movie review, this time of the latest Marvel offering: Guardians of the Galaxy! I’m guessing that the vast majority of the movie-watching audience has no idea who this band of merry misfits is. I’ve been reading comic books since I was a kid, and I’m only vaguely familiar with...Continue reading