As a machine, the Turtle King was in desperate need of improvement.

NEWYORKER: Green Giant

The Turtle King was addictive.

NEWYORKER: Green Giant

And yet, for all its imperfections, the Turtle King was so much more practical than sitting in a stopped taxi or crowding onto a Beijing bus that it had become what all new-energy technology is somehow supposed to be: cheap, simple, and unobtrusive enough so that using it is no longer a matter of sacrifice but one of self-interest.

NEWYORKER: Green Giant

Again, the object was the rescue of a maiden, who has been kidnapped by Bowser, or King Koopa, an evil turtle.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play