Crossing Continents BBC Radio 4 on Korea and Video Games, Thursday January 3, 2008

In Korea not concept of nerd

Samsung: a team of video game players, train like athletes, monastic lives.

special diet: calculate calories, nutrition,  lotus root is good for brain

'the stork', 19, a pro gamer.  "cute" "handsome"

fans give chocolate at the stadiums which the tournements take place

players are in soundproof booths. players arrive wiht their own keyboards and mice.

kids talk about games

7 hours playing video games.

video game adiction

in korea most kids have to to ???? after school.  went to PC bank instead.  sometimes stole money.

mother worried: steeling money, not coming home, away all night.

treatment center for computer game adicts: hikes in countryside, icentify birds etc and to comunicate.

Deaths - a doctor is interviews.

stressfull conditions, dehydration,

not eat, not sleep, only PC game. "game mania"

pc game makes the people crazy

Not so good envirnoment in PC bank: smoking