The summer season of evening seminars at SOAS starts up again on 7 June: The Video Game Industry in South Korea: Between National Destiny and Counterculture Dr Chloé Paberz (CKS Visiting Scholar) Friday 7 June 2019, 5:15 – 7:00 PM SOAS, Brunei Gallery Room B103 | Register via SOAS website Abstract South Korea’s image of modernity is closely … [Read More]
Category: Gaming
Event news: State of Play, a documentary on pro-gamers, to screen at Asia House film fest
Asia House has published the programme for its 2016 film festival. Two films will be of interest to Korea specialists. Steven Dhoedt’s documentary on the world of professional computer gamers, and Benson Lee’s comedy Seoul Searching. State of Play Dir Steven Dhoedt, Belgium / South Korea, 2013 85 minutes, UK premiere Time: Tuesday, 23 February … [Read More]
South Korean online games a source of cash for Pyongyang
North Korean hackers make money out of stealing virtual property in South Korean online gaming worlds. This, according to the New York Times: Despite its decrepit economy, North Korea is believed to train an army of computer programmers and hackers. The police in Seoul said that four South Koreans and a Korean-Chinese had been arrested … [Read More]
Censorship and the indie gaming industry
Good to see Kim Jin-sung of Pig-Min, also known as Mr Kwang, quoted in the august pages of the Economist in a feature on the South Korean gaming industry. http://econ.st/eaY0Uq # [Read More]
A last look back at 2010
We’ve digested the albums, films, sporting events and books of the year, and reviewed some of the memorable stories of 2010 in our Quiz of the Year. Here are some of the other things we noted in 2010 which didn’t quite make it into any of those articles. 2010: a year of anniversaries It was … [Read More]
Sand Castle Prelude: Mr Kwang branches out into indie gaming
During my trip to Korea earlier this year I was introduced to Kim Jin-sung, better known to Korean indie music fans as Mr Kwang, probably the most accessible on-line store for Korean CDs. Mr Kim recently started a sideline in indie gaming, in collaboration with husband-and-wife team ArcShock. The first release is a physics puzzle … [Read More]