Nick Tan Goes To Korea: A Picture Gallery

Posted on Tuesday, November 13 @ 17:07:12 Eastern by Nicholas Tan

So as some of you already know, I was sent on a mission to Korea by a company named Neowiz to cover their two new titles, Bless and Ein (previews incoming), as well as the G Star convention for the first time.

Don't worry, guys. Ninjas aren't easily swayed by swanky hotel rooms, ocean views, awesome dinners, and crazy parties. Nah, not at all. There's no such thing as a biased ninja. You won't even see me in these pictures, because I'm, you know, and these are totally not meant to distract you from Here They Are!

Probably tastes like chicken.

Yep, that's Robert de Niro in a casino ad. It's just the start of long string of American actors selling Korean, well, everything.

After a quick train ride to Busan, I stayed at the Westin International Hotel. Check out that view.

Korean department stores actually have arcades, licensed by Sega. Time Crisis 3? 50 cents a credit? Oh, hell ya.

Can't have a proper Asian arcade without Taiko Drum Master. BTW, there were about eight people in the arcade, including that guy. But note that this was about 9AM in the morning! Yeah, don't think about American arcades. It will only make you sad panda.

Do not lean on door... or you will plummet seven floors and bump your head slightly.

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Tags: G Star, Goodies, Neowiz

Comments

UghRochester
Joined: Jun 2006

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
No, Spongebob fled, because of Hurricane Sandy LOL!
Anyways, I love how Epic Games is trying to show off their new engine.

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napsterxxl
Joined: Mar 2006

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Koreans have gaming magazine thats several hundred pages long?? I'm jealous.... my favorite gaming magazine is only 150 pages long, comes with 4 DVDs, 3 full games (on average) +demos, utilities and other goodies....

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Awesome. I would love to travel, but I feel like I'd just end up being an unintentional ******* the whole time.

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Lien
Joined: Feb 2008

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Hey nick! Do they still have PC rooms over there? And do they still host those local hood Starcraft tourneys?

Also... ya tried authentic Bulgogi yet?

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 12:56 am
Haven't tried authentic bulgogi, though they did have authentic beef off the bone at the traditional Korean restaurant. I also had soondubu, their spicy soft tofu soup which I wish I could have for lunch every day of the week.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Post an internet speed test screenshot for me to fap to.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
All this gallery needs is SpongeBob! Oh-- oh there he is.

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LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
I hope I get to teach abroad...we shall see what happens.

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Not sure if I had bulgogi specifically, but I did have beef off the bone at the traditional restaurant. Delicioso.

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Bras
Joined: Jul 2008

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Looks like a nice trip to me.

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
What a cool trip!

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Bretimus_v2
Joined: Jan 2009

Posted: Nov 13th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Romping around in Korea? Sounds fun. How was the language barrier?

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 12:55 am
About 20% of the people I met in Korea knew English pretty well. If it was a food court restaurant, they just popped out an English for me. The other 80% just stared at me.

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Kassen
Joined: Aug 2012

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 12:20 am
Hope you had a nice trip. Seems like you did :-)

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MattAY
Joined: Mar 2006

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 1:28 am
Looks like you had a great time! The game looks pretty cool too (I like mounting wyverns).

....Also, I choose booth babe #1

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MasterRabbi
Joined: May 2007

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 6:09 am
Time Crisis is an amazing arcade game!

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Heath_Hindman
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 6:12 am
Haha this is freaking great. Gotta look at this again when I've got a little more time.

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shandog137
Joined: Mar 2007

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 10:56 am
Looks like you had a good time man. Last time I was in South Korea I watched a small 5 foot tall Korean lady at the airport go off on her subordinate a 5'10 200+ pound guy then throw a clip board at him. He humbly picked up the clipboard bowed his head in disgrace and fear and handed her back the clip board hoping she wouldn't throw it at him again. The cultural differences are interesting. Also, fried chicken from KFC was better at the Seoul airport.

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Heh, she probably said "Pick this up." and then threw the clipboard at him.

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Jobin_Wendy
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 11:10 am
The last dedicated arcade I've seen is Pinball Pete's in Ann Arbor, MI. And I think it does okay. I haven't been back in over a year, so I'm not positive, but I used to go drink and stumble in to waste money on playing pinball and The Simpsons. Oh, and the occasional House of the Dead 2.

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Wickedcarny
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I had a blast in Korea. Soju is amazing. Bulgogi is amazing. Korea girls are amazing. Korean prostitutes....not always....lol

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KevinS
Joined: Dec 2008

Posted: Nov 17th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
I wanna go to Korea (and Japan again) so, so bad... you lucky ninja dog you.

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