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Copy Clerk  Posts: 83 Joined: 29 Sep 2007    | I think we all need to take a look at the stuff we complain about with better perspective. Possibly even complain less? That machine looks like POWs played it. |
Features Editor  Posts: 324 Joined: 11 Jan 2008     | "Thrilling"? You, sir, are a bastard. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1256 Joined: 13 Jan 2007     | Sometimes, they happen to find quarters in the pockets or stomachs of those they eat. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3252 Joined: 8 May 2008  | Is that a joke? |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 625 Joined: 12 Jul 2008     | North...Korean...Gamers...? Suddenly I have that damn "Why can't we be friends?" song bouncing around in my head. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3633 Joined: 3 Apr 2008    | oh my god thats depressing |
Time Lord  Posts: 9962 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     | Looks like my local taxi rank. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1113 Joined: 19 May 2008    | What game is it running? I can't make it out. Ironically, this machine would probably be considered vintage in the West, possibly even sold for much more than it's actually worth :/ |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2166 Joined: 23 Dec 2007  | Am I sensing some sort of gamer hands across the border type scenario? |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 587 Joined: 9 Feb 2008   | I wonder how many of those games are focused on killing the wide-eyed devils from the USA... |
Beat Writer  Posts: 133 Joined: 2 Apr 2008     | There's one of the arcade machines that is decorated with US circa-1943 airplanes. Took me a moment to realise that they might actually represent the bad guys in the game. |
Paperboy  Posts: 19 Joined: 5 Mar 2008  | I can't really make out any sort of controls on this video game. Do they just put in quarters... to watch? Maybe we should donate games to them. Or food, shaped like video game characters, which would probably be appreciated more. |
On the Record  Posts: 6207 Joined: 10 Mar 2008    | Havn't got much to add to this except; Jeez, that's depressing. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1166 Joined: 23 Jul 2008   | South korea-cutting edge North korea-'don't waste a good knife on food...' |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4341 Joined: 9 Jul 2008 | Ha...North Korea...That's actually kinda sad. As long as no one remembers it's the Soviet Union's fault, though, we're okay. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 594 Joined: 26 May 2008   | Wow...I'm glad I'm not North Korean. Being in a totalitarian dictatorship and being starved isn't enough, but you have to play that crap? Some things are worse than torture. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008   |
Have you met my friend As for the article, my condolences go out for my North Korean gaming siblings. They of course have more pressing matters at hand, like surviving. |
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Deep Inside a North Korean Arcade
This is both very cool and deeply depressing: A series of photographs taken inside a North Korean arcade proves there are worse things in life than the red ring of death.
While it would be more thrilling to claim that our very own Jordan Deam had been deep undercover in the Hermit Kingdom for the past 14 months, and had only just managed to smuggle out these photos as his last act before being arrested and summarily executed by Kim Jong-Il's dreaded secret police, the truth is that the photos are posted at UK: Resistance, and they depict the soul-deadening bleakness of the gaming opportunities available to the average North Korean.
Of course, it would be reasonable to express shock at the mere existence of North Korean gamers, but much like a spindly tree clinging tenaciously to a rocky cliff wall, they're out there, and even in that harsh and ugly environment, they're pumping quarters. We salute you, our noble North Korean brethren; your dedication and shining example will give us all pause to think the next time we want to start pissing and moaning about how we keep getting screwed by The Man.
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