Swimming Against the Free-to-Play Current: An exercise in futility
It has been said that the people swimming against the stream are the ones that know the strength of it. Which is why it never fails to surprise me when, at least once a week, I read another tirade...
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A good mobile sports game offers above all else two things: ease of accessibility and the ability to pick up and play an entire match in the span of a few moments. It needs to offer the very essence of...
View ArticleWhat Is KakaoTalk? An introduction to Korea’s biggest game platform
The sounds of Kakao notifications going off may now be the most ubiquitous noise in all of Korea. Installed on nearly every smartphone in the country, it’s fair to say that KakaoTalk has dominated the...
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Start-ups and indie companies have had a hard time getting off the ground in Korea. Indies have traditionally been associated with being amateur and in the trend driven culture of Seoul, indie doesn’t...
View ArticleGame Spotlight: Spirit Sweeper – The Minesweeper-based RPG for Mobile!
For most people, Minesweeper, recalls images of the mid-90s. The game was arguably the hardest of the prepackaged Windows games that helped so many bored office workers pass slow afternoons behind...
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