From Korea, land of the morning calm and the evening starcraft, comes this report:
Virtual reality that has been the craze of so many Koreans is moving into the real world _ violently.
Hyon-P, a compound word derived from \’e2\’80\’9chyonsil” (reality) and an online game term “Player Kill’s P,” is spreading among people more involved in their online lives than their real ones.
The 28 students are not the only ones who experienced Hyon-P. Two teenagers scuffled on Kangnam Boulevard, one of the most crowded areas in Seoul, last September after they got into a row on a Web site known for its members’ activeness. Their punches were recorded and uploaded on numerous Web sites, and the footage became one of the most searched-for video clips on portal Web sites.
No word on if Jack Thompson is busily brushing up on his hangul.
#1 by =j on November 3rd, 2006
Rule 3: Everyone blogs fightclub (and puts the video clips up on youtube)
#2 by Lietgardis on November 3rd, 2006
More news from Korea.
#3 by J. on November 3rd, 2006
Hooray for miniskirts!
#4 by damijin on November 3rd, 2006
Hooray for abolishment of unenforced laws! brb, jaywalking to the minimart.
#5 by Freakazoid on November 3rd, 2006
If jaywalking becomes legal, then that should absolve any legal right a jaywalker has when hit by a car. Accidental or not.
Mini skirts have no consequences. At all. Unless you’re a senior cleric of australian muslims. (although I hear he later apologized)
#6 by Evangolis on November 3rd, 2006
A) If the authors of Lietgardis’ article don’t think police are still measuring the distance from knees to hemlines, they don’t know police very well. They just don’t issue tickets anymore. But I bet some of them really miss the ruler part.
B) Regarding the extension of violence from online to offline, clearly technology has not reduced the number of idiots in circulation. Yet, for some reason, people continue to expect it to do so.
C) If jaywalking is outlawed, only outlaws will jaywalk. And since they are criminals, and probably terrorist dupes, if not actual terrorists, they deserve whatever happens to them.
Yeah, it has been a rough week, and I’m feeling very sarcastic this evening.
#7 by Noel on November 4th, 2006
It’s not like this is really new though. Online reviewers have been giving crappy reviews (and by ‘crappy’, I mean uninformative, bland and misrepresentative) for ages now.
Citing a personal example, we (EQ2) got hammered for not having PvP at launch. Well, sweet. That would be a good point, if anywhere on the box, we said, “Enjoy fighting other players.” or some other such tripe.
Other critics typically are made to actually review a product based on the audience it’s intended for rather than the reviewer’s own personal preferences. I know this can be hard. But it’s part of the job.
-N
#8 by Noel on November 4th, 2006
Woah, that was so totally the wrong entry. I need something that prevents me from replying to stuff after 3am. =(
#9 by Evangolis on November 4th, 2006
Having read both threads, I wasn’t confused, and rather agreed. Sometimes, such reviews are just a matter of ‘critic fatigue’. After awhile, you stop being tolerant of some things, lose your perspective, and complain even if those things are entirely appropriate. Or as one music critic once said: “I was listening to this album, thinking,’Oh, it’s another Jimmy Page clone’, when I remembered that it was Jimmy Page I was listening to.”
#10 by Daztur on November 5th, 2006
Aaaah, Gangnam annoying cesspit of spoiled rich kids and a bizarre proliferation of hip hop clubs.
#11 by TPRJones on November 6th, 2006
I can’t count the number of people online who’ve threatened to come kick my ass. I keep giving out my address and contact info, but none of them have ever shown up to follow through. It’s rather dissappointing, actually. *sigh*