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...takes a physical and mental toll on players - crippling backaches, shoulder pain, headaches, tired eyes and sore wrists are par for the course, explains Hoon, a graduate in sports psychology. Gaming is also highly addictive. In 2005, a 28-year-old South Korean man collapsed and died after playing StarCraft, an online game, at an Internet Café for 50 consecutive hours, during which time he had hardly slept or eaten - authorities deemed his death the result of heart failure caused by exhaustion...
...Despite some criticism here over such obsessions, South Korea has three professional gaming leagues and two gaming stadiums, which are packed to the rafters when top competitors square off. Two Korean cable networks televise competitions round the clock, and practically every computer-literate Korean is aware of StarCraft, the game of choice among South Korean gamers...
This past Saturday, the Harvard Interactive Media Group (HIMG) hosted a video game throw-down in Lamont that attracted over 100 gamers from Harvard and MIT. The event featured official Halo, Smash Brothers, Starcraft: Brood War, and DoTA tournaments for serious gamers, as well as casual games for the weak...
...event offered free food and over four hundred dollars worth of prizes, including a Nintendo Wii. It featured tournaments in four games selected by an informal popularity poll: “Super Smash Brothers Melee,” “Halo,” “Starcraft: Brood War,” and “Warcraft: Defense of the Ancients.” Other games were available for casual play. Prizes were awarded to winners of each of the official tournaments. The Nintendo Wii was awarded in a raffle, for which all participants received tickets according...
...prevailing image of Koreans in America is more StarCraft pro-gamer than sexy pop star, but the jam-packed Starr Auditorium is more than enough evidence that, while Harvard might not know it yet, the Hallyu is gaining momentum...