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]   Brexit and game worlds   Today I'd like to start this column with a none-video game-related story.   The Brexit referendum was the biggest news for me recently. Brexit, a portmanteau of "British" and "exit", is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. As an investor working in the venture capital firm, I thought about various effects both on the global and domestic economy and potential negative impact on venture capital as well. However, I'd like to mention another story here. Of course, the United Kingdom, which has developed its gaming industry with its world-class market, certainly can be important in the world of the video game. But it's not the major topic. Looking at the English people to exit from the EU, I found that there was one thing in common between the decision-making structure of game users and the ...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   A pleasant confession   I have a confession to make today. Recently I found out that my prediction in public about two years ago was completely wrong. As the introduction says, I've lived as a gamer for twenty years and I've worked in the gaming industry for the last ten years as so-called the game expert. Only two years ago, I predicted that League of Legends (LoL) would be way ahead of the others in the domestic online video game market for quite some time. And I also expected that Sudden Attack would leave all the other FPS games far behind for a good while. I forecasted that even Sudden Attack 2 couldn't be as good as the original game. Of course, I didn't think that nothing could escape my attention. It's just very embarrassing that the potent argument proved to be wrong in two years. The best way to enjoy a video game is to play the game oneself. And it...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   What "stylish" means in a video game?   We often use a word misunderstanding the meaning of it. For example, there is a word of "mudaeppo". It is from a Japanese word " 無鐵砲 ", which is pronounced " むてっぽう (mudeppo)", the meaning of reckless behavior of a solider lunging for his adversary without a gun on the battlefield. There are also frequently misused words in the filed of the gaming world. Many people enjoying video games don't know the meaning of RPG or RPS — video game genres — and MMO or FPV as well. I'd like to talk about one of these kinds of words "stylish" this time.   Recently, I talked the word over with the CEO of a game developer. I asked him about the meaning of "stylish" after he used the word many times since I did not quite accept it. According to his account, it meant 'brilliant computer g...