Posts Tagged ‘ World of Warcraft ’

Beheading Freedom

September 1, 2010
By C. Custer
Lithograph Of A Chinese Beheading;Ca.19C

The word "freedom" is censored in the new World of Warcraft expansion in China. Chinese netizens respond by creating a new slang term.
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China Actually Doesn't Censor WoW

July 23, 2009
By C. Custer

The changing of "skeletons to corpses, bones to flesh" in The Burning Crusade has been a revision that goes against what many players wish -- this was not one of the revisions originally requested by the evaluation expert, The9 took the initiative in demanding this revision. a personal opinion: everyone...
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World of Warcraft Back Up in China

July 3, 2009
By C. Custer
World of Warcraft Back Up in China

…kind of. Apparently, the game itself isn’t quite ready, but the official site and registration are already online, and not a moment too soon for the game’s Chinese publisher NetEase, who was apparently losing 4.22 million RMB every day the game was offline. Soon, Chinese gamers can get their fix again, although they’ll need...
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