Longzhu Gives The World More Reasons To Ban Jayce
In the lead-up to last night’s finals in the League Champions Korea summer playoffs, Longzhu Gaming made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that any opponent should probably ban Jayce against them.
Korean Politician Uses Overwatch Video On The Campaign Trail
Sim Sang-jung is a politician currently running for President in the wake of South Korea’s disastrous corruption scandal. She (or at least someone on her campaign team) knows that a good way to reach out to the kids is with Overwatch Play of the Game videos, in which her kills are political owns.
Why Overwatch Hacking Is Such A Big Problem In Korea
In a now-famous Overwatch video, a Korean player is banned mid-match because of his shameless hacking. He’s streaming himself as Widowmaker, effortlessly flinging himself across the map and landing perfect headshots in-air. A Hanzo approaches, and in a moment, he’s gone. Widowmaker’s crosshairs, which were feet away…
Koreans Are Building A Real Mech
Vitaly Bulgarov is a concept artist who used to work at Blizzard on stuff like StarCraft. He’s now working on something a lot cooler.
Conan O'Brien Visits A Korean Gaming Café
During his recent trip to Korea Conan O’Brien stopped by a PC bang, a place where teens and young adults gather to play bizarro Counter-Strike and really old StarCraft.
The Weird, Sketchy History of Internet Cafes
Internet cafes started as coffee shops where you could check email. But over the years, people turned them into dens for sharing pirated music, hotspots for video game addiction, and even temporary housing.
Korean Soldiers Find A Way To Play Hearthstone During Military Service
South Korea’s mandatory military service is a tough one. The length of service is around 21 months, applies to males between 18 and 35, and it’s not a place where games like Hearthstone are allowed. Except if you’re a dedicated fan like these soldiers who, unable to play the real game, made their own version.
StarCraft II Match-Fixing Scandal Leads To Arrests & Lifetime Bans
Team Liquid is reporting that up to eleven people have been arrested in Korea in association with allegations of match-fixing and illegal gambling on StarCraft II matches.
New Civilization Game Does Not Look Like A Civilization Game
I'm still not quite sure what I just watched.
New Korean PC Game Wants To Be A Prettier Diablo
LostArk is an upcoming PC game from Korean studio Smilegate. It looks nutso.
Top League of Legends Player Worth Close To $1 Million
How much is a good League of Legends player worth? Well, if Korean media reports are correct, a cool million dollars. That's supposedly how much is being offered for LoL super star Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok.
Pictures Of The World's Biggest Ship Being Built
This is one of Maersk's Triple-E cargo ships. When it's done, it will be the single largest ship on the planet. So yeah, seeing it under construction is pretty cool.
OK, We Get It, That Korean MMO Looks Fantastic
After a somewhat quiet reveal last year, Korean MMO Black Desert has been blowing socks off for the last week with its character creation system and ambitious design.
Meet The World's Coolest Character Creation System
When I first saw Korean MMO Black Desert last year, I thought it looked too good to be true. Now it's looking way too good to be true.
Witness One Of The Fastest Hands In eSports
Recorded at the WCS Korea Qualifier by Khaldor, here's a pretty impressive first person look at StarCraft II veteran Losira, who's also one of the fastest players in eSports. And now you can see him at close range, unleashing his power.
A Video Showing Everything A Mouse Clicks On In A Single Day
Clicking on a mouse has become such a mundane task, such an embedded part of our daily lives that it's become like breathing. We need to do it, but we never actually think about it when we do it. So it's fascinating watching this video of an artist who took a picture every time he clicked his mouse in a single day.
League of Legends Cosplay Is Best Done By Pro Players
The League of Legends division of Korean pro team CJ Entus chose quite an interesting way to greet the new year. Instead of doing montage videos, they have dressed up two of their pros, Madlife and Flame, as League characters Blitzcrank and Ezreal.
StarCraft Player Gets Pro Athlete Visa, Delays Military Service
In August, the U.S. government, for the first time ever, gave a professional gamer the kind of special visa it issues to professional athletes. It was largely thanks to lobbying by Riot Games, makers of League of Legends. Now the first visa has gone to a professional StarCraft player, and it gets him out of military…
Let's Give Thanks For Awesome Video Game Art
Jong Il Kim is a Korean artist who has worked for big local clients like Entwell and NCSoft.
