So how do I get that game in *English*?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Argh, it’s very frustrating being an English -speaking PC gamer in Korea.

Sure I can get get things like Warcraft III and Starcraft in English, but what about Diablo 2? Or Dungeon Siege? Only in hangul, I’m afraid.

So, I can find the latest games here at decent prices, that ain’t a problem. But what about in my language? Sure, I 'm working on my Korean, but it will be at least 2 years before I can understand half of the Korean text in a computer game.

So, the way I see it, I have these options:

  • Buy the game in Korean, and hope to dear God that I can find a program to translate it.

  • Order the game from a site like Amazon.com, and pay anywhere from 2 to 3 times what it’s worth, thanks to @#$%ing shipping costs.

  • Use ahem less-than-legal methods to obtain a copy that will not work as well as a legal version, and most likely can’t be updated to the latest version.

  • Wait until @#$%ing May 2003 when I can finally go back to Canada, and scoop up a truckload of games to take to Korea

Argh, how frustrating. Other than that, Korea’s a pretty good place to live.

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Could you have a friend back home mail you the game? I reckon that taking it out of the box and mailing it in a slimmer envelope would reduce shipping costs somewhat.