Spells and full houses – and real cash
Although this gets confusing, there’s a distinction in Korean law between online gambling for tokens or “cyber cash” that can be changed into real money ― that’s supposedly forbidden ― […]
Category Archives: being digital
About cyberspace, games, digital life, Second Life, etc.
Week One Journal
Very much excited to be a part of a course that I expect well become a milestone in the evolution of digital and analog lifestyle convergence, I was extremely happy to find a high level […]
First SL Class for CyberOne
We had our first “official” class on SL on Berkman Island. We were divided into two groups – one went into Austin Hall with Gene and the other sat in […]
Newbie on Berkman Island
Arriving on Berkman Island, I met some people who were not enrolled in the CyberOne class. They were just standing around, talking, and did not seem offended that I asked […]
Game firms swoop down on Tokyo to show wares
Now in its 10th year, the Tokyo Game Show begins on Friday at the Makuhari Messe exhibition hall in Chiba, on the outskirts of Tokyo. The three-day event will be […]
The digital camera gets easier to use as competition stiffens
Digital camera makers are coming up with new “intelligent” features to compete in a fierce marketplace. Unlike previous efforts in the camera industry to improve the hardware functions of the […]
Shake it online, and maybe find love
Koreans love both dancing and the Internet, so it’s no surprise many these days are doing both simultaneously. At the forefront of the race, “Audition” is the dance-game leader. In […]
Online personas lead to an offline wedding
Due to the increasing convergence of online chatting and gaming, Internet games have long served as a form of cyber-dating. As gaming becomes a more integral part of the lives […]
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