Sex, violence, politics find a way into games
Sex, violence, politics find a way into games New laws allow game makers to tell the rating board how far games go. The fact that a game involves fighting with […]
New digital portrait technology embodies human brush strokes
Would you like Vincent Van Gogh to paint your portrait? The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said yesterday that it developed a digital painting technology that can incorporate brush […]
‘hanaTV’ brings DVD rental shop into homes
No more trips to the DVD store. So said Hanarotelecom President Park Byung-moo yesterday as the company launched its new video-on-demand (VOD) TV portal service. The second-largest broadband operator unveiled […]
Market booms for navigation devices
Competition is becoming fierce in the personal navigation market as more players ― both domestic and foreign ― join in. According to industry figures, the market has swelled from 200,000 […]
Hwang and six others to be stripped of medals
The government decided yesterday to strip disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk and six other researchers of state medals after their once-celebrated research was found to have been fabricated. The […]
Mario gets ready to jump into the Korean market
Some interesting news for the small yet growing number of console gamers in Korea: Nintendo is going to open an office here. Believe it or not, the company has operations […]
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His continuous chatter was slowly draining out my enthusiasm, becoming as frustrating as the soccer game, as the ball bounced back and forth the screen with no real action. “But the […]
World Cup fans, click quick or lose out
Now that the 2006 FIFA World Cup has finally kicked off, the entire country is swept up in a frenzy. That craze naturally continues into the gaming world, which has […]
D. Yvette Wohn 