Merry Christmas 2.0
Posted: December 24th, 2007, by Yunho Chung
Here comes a Christmas greeting from Seoul! I hope you enjoy the Christmas with many hard gifts under the tree. In Korea, Christmas has developed into a couple’s holiday (compare with Valentine’s Day) which differs pretty much from the Western family oriented way of celebrating.
However, not all guys have the fortunate possibility to spend the night with a girl and the alternative is often to play computer games. The standard answer for someone who does not have a girlfriend when asked about Christmas is usually “I’ll go to PC bang”. PC bangs are Internet cafés available all over Korea and it is a sort of a joke to say that you will do something else than dating.
Of course, this is something many game companies try to make business out of. For example, online games like Granado Espada, Rohan, Seal Online and Yul Yul Gang Ho are all providing special Christmas events. Some chose to provide gifts for finding Christmas trees while others just decorate the world in Christmas style. Yul Yul Gang Ho is maybe the most extreme since they put a drunken Rudolf into the game and he turns into a monster and the person that kills him receive a special item. Welcome to Christmas 2.0…
