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PC

League Of Legends Is Still Pissing Off Gamers In South Korea

This past April, gamers in South Korea were upset about seemingly endless League of Legends server maintenance. It’s now late May. Things, apparently, have not gotten better.

21 May 2013

PC

You Won’t Believe This Violent Video Game Theory

Professor Dong Wong Cho of Chungbuk Provincial College in South Korea has an idea about violent video games. And it’s truly bonkers. According to Professor Cho’s latest study, violent video games make graphics cards run hot and emit more radio waves. Thus, the scholar argues, this means violent video games are more harmful for the body. M’kay.

16 May 2013

In Real Life

South Korea Has A Restaurant For Giant Robot Geeks

Tetsujin 28-go is a Japanese manga and anime about a boy who controls a giant robot. You might know it as Gigantor. It was also released in South Korea, where the gentleman who owns this restaurant fell in love with the cartoon. Bless him.

15 May 2013

In Real Life

Internet Shocked By Korea’s School Lunch Chaos

According to online reports, this is apparently a high school lunchroom in Seoul. A disaster of a lunchroom, that is.

10 May 2013

Retro

Diehard Fans In Korea Made Their Own MSX Console. It’s Pretty.

The MSX might be gone, but its fans still live on. And a group of them in South Korea decided to launch their own MSX machine. This is it.

8 May 2013

In Real Life

Korean eSports Player Dies At 25

Professional Warcraft III player Seung Hyun Park (aka “Go)Space”) passed away this Monday. He was 25 years old.

4 May 2013

PlayStation

Under 18 Years Old? You Cannot Use The PSN In South Korea

Last year, the “Shutdown Law” was created in South Korea to prevent gamers under 16 from gaming during a six-hour block at night. A year later, it’s going to impact more than gamers under the age of 16. PlayStation gamers under 18 are getting screwed too.

In Real Life

South Korea’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Are Unexpectedly Sad

Yu-Gi-Oh! is fun. The trading card game from Konami is fun too. So why is Korea’s version an out-of-the-blue bummer?

2 May 2013

News

Korean Politicians Want To Regulate Video Games Like Drugs And Alcohol

This week, South Korean politician Shin Eui-jin announced a bill that stipulated alcohol, online games, gambling and drugs need to be strictly regulated. The reasoning? They are a source of addiction, the legislation argues.

30 April 2013

In Real Life

Larry Page Shows Bill Gates How It’s Done In South Korea

Last week, Bill Gates caused a brouhaha in South Korea because of the way he shook hands with President Geun Hye Park. In the wake of that, Google co-founder Larry Page schooled Gates on Korean manners.

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