In the Newspaper

Good morning Korea

The Korea Times newspaper kindly published this English article “A techno day in Seoul”
 
Another day full of technological adventures in Seoul!

Korea Games Twitter Update

Howdy

As some of you have recognized well my Twitter ID and background have a new logo
Recently my tweets have been overshadowing my blogging activities; well let’s just say I’ve been micro-blogging (using trend words here).

Here is the logo I designed for http://twitter.com/koreagames

Korean Pro Gamers – Documentary

Razer: The Hax Life is a documentary about Korean pro gamers. The videos are with English subtitles. As you will see it is obviously in favor of WeMade … Either way, Enjoy!

Korean Starcraft 2 Plane

There you go:

Nintendo DSi XL

It hasn’t got much to do with Korea Games, but after all we’re all gamers crossing international boarders through network gaming.

Here it is, my new Nintendo DSi XL. You may wonder why I got one of these; and you’re not alone – I’m surprised, too. Especially since Nintendo officially presented their new 3D supporting handheld this week.

Either way, the question is “to be a gamer or not to be a gamer”… And I couldn’t resist playing on a 93% larger screen than on the DS Lite, having two cameras and a bunch of customization features. So far it was successful in keeping me entertained during my last flight. And since the DSi XL is not released in Korea yet, I feel like the adventurer Christopher Columbus.

After a week of playing First Person Shooters on the PC and Xbox 360 and visiting the hardcore FPS event yesterday, I completed Elite Beat Agents to maintain a healthy diet  Here are some pictures:

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Special Force / 스페셜포스 eSports Tournament

This weekend I visited the eSports pro-gamer tournament for the FPS Special Force by Dragonfly. The competing teams were SK and SKT. It has been a while since I was invited to the eSports stadium at the iPark shopping center in Seoul – it was fun.

In my opinion the most impressive part was the main screen displaying the observer view. Even more than that, the actual technology behind the observer screen. I was allowed a look backstage and saw the video technology network  lead by a team including  a human observer with ultra fast sensory/motor skills and a referee.

While visiting the backstage I wasn’t allowed to take any pictures of the technology as it was confidential. It was impressing how the observer caught the best moments of the game in real-time – to be displayed on the stadium’s main screen for the enjoyment of the audience.

Here are a few pictures I took from the main stage. Thanks again to Dragonfly for the nice tour.

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The Korea Games – Photo Quest

Hi

You might wonder (I hope) where I disappeared recently?
Now I’m back with an update on this site; a new page called “Photo Quest“.

I will reveal the details step by step, and for now you can have a look at the “Photo Quest” page 

Today’s Korea Games Photo Quest image was taken at the NHN headquarter:

PR. Nexon: Acquisition of GameHi Inc.

Nexon acquires 29.30 percent shares, which includes Management Rights, of GameHi for 73.2 billion won

Back in Seoul

After an amazing trip full of even more amazing meetings with the biggest games companies in the world there is plenty to share; but first I need to catch up with some sleep.

For now, here is a picture from the entrance hall and reception … waiting for one of our meetings. And later that week the view from the table during a get-together. (Names all confidential )

Traveling – Back in June

Hi Folks!

I’m visiting our company’s US office and will be traveling with the team in California.
We will be visiting game developers in Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Orange County, LA ….

Blog updates continue when I’m back in June.

Enjoy playing games!
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