In Real Life

You Won’t Believe What’s Lurking In LG’s Logo

The logo of South Korean electronics company LG is supposed to resemble a human face. The “L” forms the nose, and the forms the face and mouth. But after seeing this GIF, all I can think of is wakka wakka.


April 24, 2012
PC

The Continent Of A Boring MMO… Zzzzz…

Chinese and Korean online MMOs are a dime a dozen, and Tecent and Webzen’s latest MMO, The Continent of the Ninth, definitely feels stale.


April 18, 2012
In Real Life

Tekken Is Getting Its Own Korean TV Show

Good at Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Want to be on TV? South Korea is getting a new gaming program dubbed Tekken Busters in which features players facing off in The King of Iron Fist Tournament.


April 16, 2012
Nintendo

How Does Nintendo Sound In Korean? Like This.

Later this month, Nintendo is releasing the Nintendo 3DS in South Korea. To mark the event, Nintendo’s South Korean branch held an online Nintendo Direct press conference.


April 13, 2012
In Real Life

Korean People Cutting Vegetables On IPads, Smashing Nuts

While the iPad is roughly the same size as a cutting board, that doesn’t mean it is a cutting board.

South Korea’s BuffLab shows off its series of “shock absorption” screen covers by cutting cabbage and smashing walnuts. As one would.

If you need more stabby-stabby, the other videos feature a nail, a screwdriver, a hammer, and a scraper going at an iPhone. There’s also a mug.


April 7, 2012
In Real Life

Korean Politician Dresses As An Angry Bird, Flings Himself At Social Issues

If there’s one good thing that has come from Angry Birds, it’s this: Korean politician Jeong Hong created an Angry Birds themed re-election video called “Hong-ry Birds”. Geddit? Hong-ry? Hilarious! Hong is a member of the rightwing incumbent party, the Saenuri Party, which is seeking re-election in the upcoming April 11 election. As website Korea Bang pointed out, in the video Hong is launched at social issues, saying, “I’m doing this all for you…If the citizenry enjoys this, it will help to break up the system!”


April 4, 2012
Nintendo

So Who Was Making Crap Up: Nintendo Or A Japanese Newspaper?

Last month, an article appeared in Japanese newspaper Nikkei. In it, Nikkei stated that Nintendo was targeting Asia. Moreover, the paper gave a specific example of this tactic — namely that Nintendo was launching the 3DS in South Korea on April 28.


March 28, 2012
In Real Life

When Games Force You To Read Books In Korea

In the top picture, you can see a yellow rubber band running around the case of a Korean copy of Red Dead Redemption. That rubber band came free with a used copy of that game, and it holds together the disc case and a booklet in the back. That booklet is the Korean translation of the main game’s script.


March 22, 2012
PC

South Korea And The Missing Video Game Section

The Korean peninsula, June 2009. I could feel electricity in the air. I was excited to be here. I got settled, and I plugged in my Xbox 360′s power cable to an adaptor that I bought for $US10 at the airport. That went into the outlet in the wall and two seconds later, I heard a small pop.


March 21, 2012
In Real Life

Former Miss Korea Becomes Game Character (It’s Not What You Think)

Kim Sa-rang, a Korean actress (Secret Garden) and the 2000 winner of Miss Korea, has entered into mutual symbiosis with MMORPG DK Online: The Legend of Dragon Knights. Kim agreed to model for a DK Online photoshoot and commercial, and there are further plans for Kim to lend her voice as an NPC in the game. Kim said that she had fun with the shoot, and that she felt she “had become one of the characters in the game.”