泥中蟠龍's Game愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity] What a game interest expects to the new government

泥中蟠龍's Game愛歌
[A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]
 
What a game interest expects to the new government
 
The biggest recent issue in South Korea was that president-elect Moon was sworn in as President on Wednesday. Inauguration of the new president means that the leader of the country has been replaced at the micro-level, besides, not only cabinet ministers under the head of the administrative branch of the government but also many of the government policies would be changed in a broad perspective. The latest election was the nation's first presidential by-election. Therefore, it seems that there will be a radical change in government more than ever.
 
A new team leader in most companies often causes a lot of changes. Even a firm got a new CEO can be drastically transformed without any changes in the organization. I also was very confused by the new manager as if I was working for another corporate at one time in the past. Under these circumstances in Korea, a big change driven by the new government seems inevitable.
 
In recent years, the local gaming industry has been regulated in many ways. The government has considered enforcing Cooling-off Law and Game Addiction Law and has implemented Shutdown Law (Cinderella Law) to limit young online gamers for their right to learn and enough sleep. The idea of stricter regulations on playing a video game is absolute nonsense while there are lots of discussions to develop the creativity of young people because the game is the most innovative content among many to help teenagers to enhance their creativity and one of Korea's biggest industries.
 
The existing regulation-driven policies will clearly hinder the domestic gaming industry development. There are approximately 100,000 employees in the gaming sector and the video game industry is a major contributor as it accounts for a big part of the local content exports. Gaming industry workers who have been poorly treated are frustrated with this. We can't laugh off an employee's self-deprecating joke calling themselves as "an illegal drug manufacturer" when the video game was criticized unfavorably by national news outlets and media outlets. Both serialized articles about a way of starting a firm in foreign countries and Korean game maker-targeted business information sessions in the video game trade show on shifting the companies overseas are shreds of evidence that the Korean government has looked down on the gaming sector.
 
The new game-related policy direction is still unclear. But the Moon administration should at least not follow in the wake of the former government. Only a few people-involved expect the administration's full support such as huge tax incentives and large-scale funding for the local gaming industry. Those within the field are just hoping for not being fell through the cracks as the narcotic distributor and be treated fairly so that we are no longer mention the local gaming sector in crisis. I eagerly anticipate the new government promoting the depressed gaming industry.
 
 
※ This is from Kyunghyang Games column by 泥中蟠龍 since September 2013.
(http://www.khgames.co.kr)
 
Translation by Kim Ki-hui

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