Past, Present, and Future of South Korea's Gaming Industry 2

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It's a draft of published serially column for five years from 2018 to 2022. And it's not only a journal-like fragmentary or random thoughts about Korea's gaming industry and but also a self-confession as a person in the video game industry. I'd like to make a clear explanation to the readers about the content of the entire book.First of all, despite considering theme-based categories, this book follows a temporal sequence so that the readers can understand the changes in Korea's gaming industry better.Secondly, there are slight differences in details and dates between the draft in the book and serial columns in the newspaper. Without changing the subject, I revised inappropriate expressions and corrected typos or spelling errors. Also, I put a few articles, which I had to separate in the newspaper due to limited space, together in line with the contexts and revised rough expressions. I don't want to completely refine and improve my journal-like writings at this point to show better writing skills, except for some fad words or newly coined terms that make me cringe now.Without some good ideas or opinions that seem to me to be commendable, by and large, I feel ashamed about what I had written. Despite immaturity in writing, I hope this book is helpful to many people working in the gaming industry.

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Author's Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1
Chapter One. 2018 Gaming in the 4th Industrial Revolution .......................................... 5
Chapter Two. 2019 Discussing Game Addiction ............................................................... 69
Chapter Three. 2020 Video Games in the Era of COVID-19 ......................................... 135
Chapter Four. 2021 Will All Roads Lead to the Metaverse? ......................................... 199
Chapter Five. 2022 A Necessary Paradigm Shift in Perception of Video Games .... 269

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Author's Introduction
Five years have passed since the first volume of "Past, Present, and Future of South Korea's Gaming Industry" was published. Revisiting the preface for this volume has sparked a wave of reflection. While I am grateful that my core beliefs have remained largely unchanged, I am also disappointed by the lack of progress within the industry.
This book, like a diary, chronicles my reflections and personal experiences within the Korean gaming industry. As a sequel, it follows the chronological order of my original drafts, based on serialized columns.
A few clarifications, similar to those in the previous book: the writings are based on pre-publication drafts and may differ
slightly from published versions due to edits for space constraints, wording, or typos. Additionally, some minor edits were made when combining previously serialized articles. Trendy jargon or internet slang from the time of publication has been revised for clarity.
However, true to the book's purpose, I haven't hidden any of my writings or significantly rewritten them to reflect current perspectives.
While I may have reservations about publishing another book of my reflections, I believe this record might offer some value to colleagues—whether senior, peer, or junior—within the industry. Despite any shortcomings in my writing, I hope it holds value as a historical record.
At a coffee shop in Busan, on February 2, 2023
Sincerely,
Park Hyung-taek

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The author, a twenty-year experience game user, got into the gaming industry in 2002 starting a video game company in his mid-twenties while the number of Korea's new start-ups had exponentially increased.
And over the next 10 years, Park worked in various parts - design, marketing, and development, etc. - of the gaming industry, and based on such experience, he has worked as a venture capitalist specializing in video game investment since 2013.
He is a financial adviser of the Korea Mobile Game Association and an adjunct professor of game at Kwangwoon University.
Now he is working for Neo Partners Investment as a managing director.

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