LGBT Fans Find A Safe Haven In K-Pop
“This panel, we’re just going to show our gay,” Lai Frances proclaimed to the packed crowd at KCon’s panel on LGBT fandom in Korean pop music. The K-Pop fans in attendance roared with approval.
America's Largest K-Pop Festival Was Inspiring
One dreary Saturday morning in New York, I shuttled across the river into New Jersey for what can be best described as fandom gone wild: KCON, an annual K-Pop festival. It draws fans from all over the region for a two-day celebration of everything Korean culture.
Overwatch League Fans Upset Korean Casters Won't Say One Player's Name
Given Overwatch’s popularity in Korea, it’s not surprising that Overwatch League has a separate broadcast with Korean commentary in addition to the regular English one. What is surprising is how much English-speaking viewers suddenly care about it in the wake of the Korean commentary team electing not to mention the…
Korean Companies Fined $950,000 Over Loot Boxes
Three game companies—including online giants Nexon—have been fined almost one million dollars by Korea’s Fair Trade Commission over deceptive loot box practices.
Overwatch Pros Introduce Themselves By Singing Frozen In Korean
Overwatch League’s minor league, Contenders, kicked off with a bang over the weekend. Also, karaoke.
A Great Match From Korea's First All-Women Overwatch Tournament
Over the weekend, a Korean company called Inven broadcast the finals of Korea’s first amateur all-women Overwatch tournament. It was a damn good match.
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.
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.
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.
