Jing over at Those Who Dare cites this piece in ESWN and adds a little commentary on his own.
While we’re on the topic of gaming, let my give props to Korean game designer Nexon for enabling a temporary sign-up function for those without Korean citizen ID numbers, allowing foreigners like myself to play the company’s new online first-person shooter War Rock (JoongAng Ilbo review — in English — here). Visually, it looked rather nice when I took it for a test spin last night. Being a newbie to first-person shooters, and having played third-person shooters on console only, those test spins lasted only about five minutes each.
Note to Nexon: I’m sure the Iranians appreciate you not using their nation as an online war zone, but I’m not sure how they’d feel about having half their country turned into open sea. Hope no one invested in Caspian Sea oil, either.
BTW, is anyone else really impressed with Grand Turismo 4?
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I think this is hillarious. But it’s fantastic ideal. Let’s have harmless cyber gaming wars between nations, rather than taking out our agressions on real wars.
Wedge, no kidding - that idea could really sell. Hell, who says letting work creep into your personal life is a bad thing? Can you imagine the game mods on that kind of thing? Profits aplenty!
I see a huge opportunity here for gaming companies. Organize these huge trounaments and just when one side is on the ropes, offer them cyberweapons or extra troops for real money. I can imagine the “Corean” team dropping beaucoups to get back at those evil Chinks. If you’re the gamemaster, all you’d have to do is balance the offerings so no side would win. You could string it out for hours and make a fortune. Why not make a profit off xenophobia?
I??m not sure how they??d feel about having half their country turned into open sea.
Don’t Iranians have VANK?