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Tag: Pokemon GO

Posted inChina, Taiwan

Online game all the go for cycling grandpa

by Asia Times staff March 11, 2019February 18, 2020

A Taiwanese man in his 70s has become an online mobile gaming sensation after posted photos showed him playing Pokemon Go on multiple phones while pedaling his bicycle. And he has only been playing the popular game for a few years. Chen Shan-yuan, who hails from Tucheng district in New Taipei City, learned how to play […]

Chinese officials cite  ‘visual concerns’ as a catalyst to the video game clampdown after figures from a national  report in 2015 claimed that around 500 million Chinese, almost half the population above five years old, suffer visual impairment. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Video games on a psychoanalyst’s couch

by Nile Bowie December 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Technology: Asia goes potty for Pokémon

by Admin August 19, 2016
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Technology: This live-streaming video app is a new rage in Asia

by Admin August 9, 2016
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

Sports: Japanese gymnast gets a $5,000 shocker in Rio

by Admin August 3, 2016
Posted inWorld

Technology: Notorious hacker group claims CEO of Pokemon Go developer

by Admin August 1, 2016
Posted inChina, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Technology: Nintendo’s Mario eyes a Mickey Mouse merchandising makeover

by Admin July 28, 2016
Posted inIndia, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Technology: India records its first ‘Pokemon Go’ crash

by Admin July 27, 2016
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania

Technology: Hong Kong launch of Pokemon GO spotlights democracy protest landmarks

by Admin July 26, 2016
Posted inAustralia, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Technology: Pokemon GO launches in Japan, bringing smash-hit game home

by Admin July 22, 2016
Posted inJapan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Japanese gamers left waiting for Pokemon GO’s home launch

by Admin July 20, 2016
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Technology: This app lets you find ‘PokeStops Nearby’

by Admin July 16, 2016
Posted inAustralia, China, Japan, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Korea, World

Technology: New test for Nintendo? North Korea an obstacle for South Korean Pokemon hunters

by Admin July 14, 2016
Posted inAustralia, New Zealand, Oceania, World

Technology: Pokemon Go, the app, armed robbery and a dead body

by Admin July 11, 2016
Posted inAustralia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Pokemon game adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo market value in two days

by Admin July 11, 2016

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