In Real Life

The Best Video Games Can’t Predict What Kim Jong-Un Would Do To Win War

It is curious that there are far more games on a Soviet invasion of West Germany that never happened than a Communist assault on South Korea that actually did. It is even more curious that there haven’t been more games on a Second Korean War, given how volatile the region is.


April 20, 2012
In Real Life

Beautiful Video Game Art, Direct From Korea

You probably haven’t even heard of the game Korean artist Kang Jin has worked on, let alone played them. But that’s OK. These Fine Art posts aren’t about what the game is, but how nice the art is, and Kang’s art is nice.


February 16, 2012
PC

Counter-Strike Gets Some Serious Competition This Spring

This Spring sees the release of Tactical Intervention on the PC, a game noteworthy because its development has been led by one of the co-creators of Counter-Strike. So the fact the two games look similar is no coincidence.


December 2, 2011
PC

Nexon’s Maple Story Security Breach Was Just One Of Many Hack Attacks

So, that enormous data trespass that Korean online powerhouse Nexon revealed last week was bad. Bad enough to be the second-largest such incursion in Korean history. If you think that sounds like there’ve been some other big security breaches, then you’re right.


November 16, 2011
PC

An Entire MMO Was Accidentally Erased From The Internet

And you think server downtime is bad. Spare a thought for players of Korean MMO M2, which thanks to a little accident has actually been deleted. Forever. Like, it’s gone, and is never coming back.


October 19, 2011
PC

This Could Be The Prettiest MMO In The World

Sorry to get all Jeremy Clarkson on you for a second, but after seeing this trailer for upcoming MMO Bless, that’s the first thought that popped into my head.


September 29, 2011
PC

Being A Female Professional StarCraft Player Ain’t Easy

It’s hard. Just ask StarCraft II player Kim Shee-Yoon, aka “Eve”.


September 23, 2011
PC

Is MMO Loot A ‘Jackpot’ Under The Law?

Video games regulators in South Korea say MMO publishers there have obstructed an investigation into “jackpot items,” predicated on the idea that players risking in-game currency for random-item payoffs is in fact a form of gambling.


September 15, 2011
PC

Three Out Of Four Online Marriages End In Divorce, Says Korean MMO

MapleStory, the South Korean side-scrolling MMO (above), allows players to get hitched if they so choose. Sadly, many of the unions are not parted by death but divorce — 20,344 out of 26,982, to be precise.


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.”