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

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 21, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-get-that-game-in-english/128961 "2002-09-21T07:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_Random\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@A\_Random\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Random_Geek)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-get-that-game-in-english/128961/1 "2002-09-21T07:06:14Z")

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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](http://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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**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-get-that-game-in-english/128961/2 "2002-09-21T07:47:28Z")

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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.