Games, the Contents and the Economy in Korea

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   A publisher can't have it both ways   Recently, the news that Ban Ki-moon announced that he would not run for the presidential election is the talk of the town. Sometimes we define ourselves by the expectations of the others. So many people around us make the wrong decision since they think too highly of themselves or don't have an accurate picture of their abilities, for example, an unsuccessful athlete-turned-entertainer or a failed entertainer-turned-entrepreneur. So in that sense, I support the former UN Secretary-General's position. The diplomatic expert probably doesn't have all the necessary qualities for a politician and it doesn't seem to fit for him to take part in local politics due to his lack of understanding of the domestic situation. I think it's comparable with legendary basketball icon Michael Jordan who tried to be a professional basebal...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   An employee is not the owner of the company   A recent column by Monn Yoo-Seok, an associate judge at the Seoul Eastern District Court, has become a hot issue on the Internet. The judge's story titled 'Letter to all general managers in the country' is about workers' job stress from their boss. In short, "Don't make it a working dinner.", "Don't speak gibberish.", "Don't blame for the mistake on an alcoholic drink after hitting on a female employee while drinking." etc. One of the most impressive lines was "Don't say that 'Back in my day... (or) When I was your age...' kind of thing" among satisfying pieces of advice which made them feel so good. He means that the know-it-all should beef up his resume to join a corporation in this day and age.   I'd like to talk about how to run an organi...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   An expert on video-game investment is needed   Today, I‘d like to talk about the field, the video game-related industry in part, where I'm working now. I've mentioned investing in the video-game market many times, however, I want to deal with the sector for video-game investment itself. Recently, one of the CEOs of video game developers asked me how many video game -investment experts are working in the local venture capital industry. He seemed a little shocked by the unexpectedly low figure when I answered that it's probably about 10-20 experts.   The total number of workers in the domestic venture capital industry is approximately 1,500 people. And the number of working-level venture capitalists, except executives, is expected to reach around 700-800. This figure seems very small, given that the number of video-game investment is about 7-10% of the ov...