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Ravi Hiranand
Executive Producer, Abacus
Ravi Hiranand is the head of Abacus, covering China tech for a global audience. After 14 years at CNN International, he joined the Post in 2018 to indulge his lifelong passion in technology.
Tencent is converting another world-famous game franchise for smartphones
China’s gaming market is becoming more console-friendly than ever, but there are still serious roadblocks facing the PS5
Hong Kong’s universal smart card finally launches on iPhones, but it’s facing an assault from QR code payment systems like Alipay
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Mi Watch runs the Android-based Wear OS and has a familiar shape, but it’s much cheaper than the Apple Watch
Using Apple’s iMessage app to search for “Chinese” GIFs gives you a blank page
Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud are pushing cloud gaming, but Tencent could be the real one to watch
Apple's iPhone 11 has been decried as boring, but I'll take genuine upgrades over eye-catching gimmicks.
A 10-year-old achieves a dream he's had for 22 years, because anime
Believe it or not, Victoria has only just finished the first Breath of the Wild, so we talk about that too on You Died!
British-made games like Total War: Three Kingdoms and Tomb Raider II show how the best games about China don't always come from the country
Nintendo Direct, Microsoft xCloud, Square Enix's Avengers game and whatever Bethesda shows us of the next Elder Scrolls... next week is going to be great for gamers
We discuss Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and many more gaming movies on this edition of You Died!
From Lord Varys the communist to a scene Chinese users wish the censors had cut out, here are the best reactions to Season 8 of Game of Thrones
Impressions of the latest OnePlus flagship handset from an Apple iPhone user
And we discuss how subscription services like Microsoft's GamePass change the value of games
We also go over the Sega Genesis Mini, The Elder Scrolls: Blades, and look forward to the next Nintendo Direct
I'm not the only one excited by game streaming: The CEO of Razer, a company dedicated to making hardware and accessories for hardcore gamers, told me that he's really excited about how 5G will enable him to play any game on any device, no matter where he is. We spoke to Min-Liang Tan live on Twitch, so check out the story for much more -- including his take on Razer's tie-up with Tencent, and his favorite game of all time.
If you hadn't figured it out by now, I'm a huge gamer. And I'm fascinated by the vision of the future presented by Google Stadia, a game streaming service that effectively puts your console in the cloud -- allowing you to play any game on any device. It strikes me that it's perfect for China: A country of 459 million mobile gamers, already playing complex PC-style games on mobile like PUBG. And China is also investing heavily in 5G, technology that would make a huge difference to game streaming. It's the topic of our podcast this week, so listen in for much more!
Ravi and Victoria try to slim down their gaming collections... but one of them is having a lot more trouble letting go
The saga of Arthur Morgan, John Marston, and Victoria's love for Dutch
EA's hit battle royale game is topping Fortnite and PUBG on Twitch, and now Tencent is reportedly trying to bring it to China
Take Hotline Miami, add some John Woo, and you get this stylish action game
Year of the Pig, or Year of the Duke Nukem Pig Cops? (OK, that doesn't sound nearly as nice.)
Nintendo's mascot romps around a Weibo video to show... the achievements of the Hunan People's Court in 2018?
Bonus: Stories of gaming while parenting, otherwise known as... Red Dad Redemption (rimshot)
Xiaomi's prototype, unveiled on Wednesday, is notable because it folds... twice. Both sides of the phone can be folded back, or folded out to create a big, almost tablet-sized screen. After spending way too long staring at the video, we've got five key takeaways. The biggest one is pretty simple: Where are the cameras?
Action game is bloody and violent in the tradition of Hong Kong action films
The most common bit of Chinese tech that people outside the country experience are games. But what was it like growing up as a gamer inside the country, where consoles were banned for years? Josh joined Victoria and I on this week's show to talk about the changing face of Chinese games.
Keeping with the end-of-2018 theme, the second episode of our podcast is all about the games of the year. We're not just talking about the best, but also a few, shall we say, "alternative" awards... like the best game to play on the toilet.
