Play’s Republic

I have no idea how many of you know about Video Games Live (visit the website) but actually it’s quite famous and I enjoyed ALL clips of their performances so far.  ……..And finally, the VGL comes to DC! June 29th and 30th! Is there anybody interested? For DC show, the National Symphony will perform at Kennedy […]

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(YAY, Kerrigan! I don’t know why but anyway I love Zerg, I love Undead.)

Alright, now it seems to be clear that I’m a Blizzard fan, but I can’t stop talking about Blizzard. There’s a rumor; Blizzard will be introduce Starcraft 2 (!!!!!!!) at 2007 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational (2007 WWI). Even though all Blizzard said is […]

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Recently I installed the Burning Crusade. (Honestly, 10-day free trial one. yay!) And I created two additional characters to experience WOW’s new races. As a person who already played with 4 characters, I found myself concentrating ‘just’ on leveling during first few days. Well, maybe it’s true that we can’t fully enjoy the characteristics of […]

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Dance with Wolves, Legend of the Fall, The Last Samurai… Did you find a common point? Yes, North America Indians appeared in those movies. One more, they are described with very affirmative viewpoint; they communicate with the nature, they have honorable hunters and warriors who follow after non-material value, they are highly spiritual beings that […]

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I laughed so hard when I watched this.. Gnome morphs into Orc and Human!
Please enjoy!  :)
By the way, who moved (or deleted, stole, whatever) Kylah’s 2*1*1 kiosk in SL?It suddenly disappeared and is nowhere now: not in the lost & found folder, either.

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Yes, we had terrible news today.
Personally, I don’t really believe the idea that cultural products including music, movies, and video games with violent images have a strong cultivation effect that might tacitly incites people to a crime. But when we face some tragic cases like the massacre at Virginia Tech, it’s easy to find how media try to link video games (such as first-person shooting game ) and the crime.
Reuters […]

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When I joined the Second Life and started to get used to its culture, I found an article either at the official blog of the Second Life or at the secondlifeinsider.com. (I can’t find the article again!) It was a short story about two girls whose avatar boyfriend at the Second Life left them for […]

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Here’s the powerpoint file that Hilary and I used earlier. Unfortunately, you missed the last 2 or 3 slides of the ‘criticism’ part because we didn’t have enough time to actually finish the presentation that day. If you want, you can just simply click here and check our presentation ideas again. I recommend you to download […]

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This is about World of Warcraft (yes, that World of Warcraft!), specifically, its brand new expansion - Burning Crusade.
But not about the game itself.
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My brother -he’s in Korea now- is a huge fan of video games. He prefers console but also enjoys lots of pc games, especially the ones of the Blizzard. A couple of days ago […]

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