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Gaming in North Korea

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Xstatic
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States765 Posts
June 09 2010 17:39 GMT
#1
First blog post, thought I'd share a link with you guys about gaming in North Korea.

http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2008/09/inside-north-korean-arcade.html

Not much to really say, except wonder at the stark contrast between the two countries. I wonder what N. Korean average APM is?

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Yes it's 2 years old, but I doubt the technology has advanced far since back then :D


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Snow - Protoss the way it was meant to be, one mindgame at a time ^^
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
June 09 2010 17:51 GMT
#2
huh thats pretty scarce. What are their stances on importing, from Japan maybe, I mean if somebody had the money could they import at least a old nintendo or something ?
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
June 09 2010 18:05 GMT
#3
Well... one shitty arcade doesn't mean all of NK is like that. In fact, I could probably find some shithole around Canada and take a bunch of pictures exactly like that guy's doing.
arew
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Lithuania1861 Posts
June 09 2010 18:06 GMT
#4
This is sad, rofl :X
750/750 emotions fully stacked
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
June 09 2010 18:07 GMT
#5
I'm pretty sure that it's safe to assume that what you see in that link is about the best you'll see in North Korea.

At least for the general North Korean, anyway.
RageOverdose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States690 Posts
June 09 2010 18:10 GMT
#6
On June 10 2010 03:05 meeple wrote:
Well... one shitty arcade doesn't mean all of NK is like that. In fact, I could probably find some shithole around Canada and take a bunch of pictures exactly like that guy's doing.


Problem is, it's a lot easier for you do that than it probably was for whoever got those pictures.

I highly doubt it's much better around the country, especially considering that was their nation's capital city.

But, it's hard to tell with how no one goes over there and how supposedly hard it is to get media depicting real life there.
AyeH
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States534 Posts
June 09 2010 18:12 GMT
#7
i'm pretty sure that is as good as it gets... considering people can't even get enough food to get by, i don't think they would be worrying about video games...
Is it in you?
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
June 09 2010 19:54 GMT
#8
a lot of the arcades in south korea don't look much better tbh
Wargizmo
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia1237 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-09 20:17:16
June 09 2010 20:16 GMT
#9
On June 10 2010 03:05 meeple wrote:
Well... one shitty arcade doesn't mean all of NK is like that. In fact, I could probably find some shithole around Canada and take a bunch of pictures exactly like that guy's doing.


Considering the last set of photos I saw from N. Korea contained photos of a beach that was actually barbed wired off to stop people from trying to swim to China, I'm gonna say that it's probably fairly believable that this is the best N.Korea has to offer.
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is best. - Frank Zappa
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
June 09 2010 20:33 GMT
#10
On June 10 2010 02:39 Xstatic wrote:
Yes it's 2 years old, but I doubt the technology has advanced far since back then :D

Obviously you missed the boat.

North Korea has perfected Cold Fusion and have even developed a drink to prevent aging and make you smarter.

I bet their arcades have Tekken 8 and Super DUPER Street Fighter 4.
Revolt
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States288 Posts
June 09 2010 21:22 GMT
#11
On June 10 2010 04:54 EpiK wrote:
a lot of the arcades in south korea don't look much better tbh

this.
blowing those pics out of proportion. you see the captions for those pictures? obviously a fucking douchebag trying to stress an invalid topic for attention.
A depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity.
Wotans_Fire
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United Kingdom294 Posts
June 09 2010 21:28 GMT
#12
On June 10 2010 03:05 meeple wrote:
Well... one shitty arcade doesn't mean all of NK is like that. In fact, I could probably find some shithole around Canada and take a bunch of pictures exactly like that guy's doing.


They barely have electricity in North Korea so to claim that they are on par with the rest of the world is even more ridiculous
"OMG this is pivotal!" ~ Tasteless "Indeed" ~ Artosis
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
June 09 2010 22:06 GMT
#13
I laughed then I cried.
Even just the generation before me have relatives in that hellhole.
Pretty sad.... and funny, but sad... mostly.
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
Xstatic
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States765 Posts
June 09 2010 23:02 GMT
#14
Sorry SJM, didn't mean to elicit any hard feelings. I know how you feel, I have relatives in Asia too who lead meager lives.

Regime change in DPRK will be possible after the current rulers step down. Eventually someone will see that current policies aren't helping the country at all, and we'll see a possible reunification.

Time will tell.
Snow - Protoss the way it was meant to be, one mindgame at a time ^^
enzym
Profile Joined January 2010
Germany1034 Posts
June 10 2010 00:01 GMT
#15
tbh i didnt expect any games, let alone video games, to be available for north koreans. the whole regime is built to praise and worship their supreme leader, who doesnt know anything but to drive his own country and people into ruin.
"I fart a lot, often on my gf in bed, then we roll around laughing for 5 mins choking in gas." — exog // "…be'master, the art of reflection. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all?" — S. T. Coleridge
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