Blog Tag - games

A Handful of Bars To Play Table Shuffleboard in the Capital
Following on from bars in Beijing where you can play darts and shoot some pool, next up we have some places in the capital to play some table...
The Pizza Cup Bracket B Taste-Off is A Little Under 24 Hours Away!
It’s only a day away! Or rather... less than! The ’21 Pizza Cup Bracket B Finals begin tomorrow, Nov 27, at 11.30am! But you’d better grab seats fast...
Mandarin Monday: What Would Squid Game Look Like if it was Held in China?
A cruel game show capitalizing on the hopelessness of the poor in order to entertain the upper classes is a theme that's been somewhat exhausted by...
Kapital Koopas: Drive Your Virtual Mario Kart to Win Physical Tournament Medals
Press F to pay respects to all the fallen goombas. It's time for a deep dive into China's gaming culture in our column, Kapital Koopas. Tencent...
The Battleground Hidden Within Chaowai SOHO
This great blue ball hurdling through the cosmos can hardly be regarded as a peaceful paradise as long as wars and skirmishes abound on its soil and...
Shuffle the Deck, Roll the Dice, Turn Boring Stuck-in-the-City CNY Into Fun Board Game Nights
For those of you who have a penchant for analog gaming and happen to be staying in Beijing during the holidays, there's a bit of good news: Quite a...
Mandarin Monday: Lao Wai or Lao Beijing? This Quiz May Tell You the Answer
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. A...
Mandarin Monday: Learn Idioms And Poems With These Ancient Word Games
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. When it...
Kapital Koopas: Beijing to Host a Major Esport Championship and a Kirby Lottery Comes to Town
Press F to pay respects to all the fallen goombas. It's time for a deep dive into China's gaming culture in our column, Kapital Koopas. Beijing to...
Glad to see you again, Mario: Nintendo comes back to Chinese market 16 years after its first attempt
Video game fans throughout China will be desperate to get back home and online after work this evening, to take advantage of the launch of Nintendo's...
Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Aug 20-25
We take a break after the weekend, putting down our drinks to take a more productive look at what's going on around Beijing. Here is our top pick of...
Pinball Liquors: Beijing's Funnest New Bar
Roger Daltrey may not be there to wax lyrical on pinball wizards, but you'll certainly see AC/DC, KISS, and a number of other bands, adorning the...
Travel Frog Spurs Huge Leap in China's Female Mobile Gamers
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. The number of Chinese female mobile phone gamers has risen sharply over the last year...
Jon Stewart Video Used to Hawk China Video Game
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has become an unexpected pitch man for a Chinese video game. Does Comedy Central know about this? The promotional...
Chinese Scientists Discovery Winning Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy
"Which hotpot place should we go to?" "Let's play rock-paper-scissors to decide," you'll now say, knowing that Haidilao is in your sights....