kim jong il
In Real Life

North Korea’s New Successor…Looking At Things

In the video game Homefront, shortly after Kim Jung-il dies, his son Kim Jong-un gives a fiery speech and mobilizes the military. In real life, the manga-reading, video game-playing successor appears less fiery — though he does resemble a Dragonball villain.

August 15, 2011
In Real Life

North Korean Gold-Farming Allegations Officially Denied By Official North Korean News

North Korea has officially responded to allegations it supported a hacking network that allowed it to gold-farm some $US7 million out of South Korea-based MMOs. North Korea’s (adjusts glasses, clears throat) “Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland” on Sunday released a statement saying, in effect, “no u.”

August 8, 2011
In Real Life

Hans Brix Might Want To Send Inspectors To Kim Jong-il’s Gold Farm

An awesome tale from Friday’s New York Times alleges that Mister Fun himself, Kim Jong-il, finances his nookular ambitions with the proceeds of an MMO-gold farming operation.

February 5, 2011
PC

Japanese Homefront Might Make A Villain Out Of Canada

In THQ’s Homefront the United States of 2027 faces an invasion by North Korea. For the Japanese release North Korea has been replaced with “A Certain Country to the North.” Damn you, Canada!

December 10, 2010
News

US Pegs Kim Jong-Il’s Second Son As A Gaming Loser

One son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is too busy playing video games to take over the country, according to a video game surprise found among the reams of US government cables disseminated by the WikiLeaks organisation.

September 8, 2010
News

Cyberwarfare, North Korea, Rupert Murdoch And The Big Lebowski?

Say it ain’t so! The Dude, Jeff Bridges’ pot-head bowling anti-hero of film The Big Lebowski, has managed to get himself tied up with Kim Jong Il’s North Korean regime.

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