I was recently in Korea for just a few days, and, as I mentioned at the time, I was amazed and delighted to discover that they really do show StarCraft matches on TV. Here's a couple of photos from my cheap hotel room in Seoul:

This show was filmed in a small studio, with a live audience that I'm going to guess consisted mostly of friends and families. But still -- TV! And not just late at night, either. And you know what else? Commentators!

Just like a real sport!

Remember how I wrote that Trouserful (linked above) from a PC bang? Here's the very first thing I saw when I walked in:

You hear about how StarCraft is this huge thing in Korea, but the strangeness of it doesn't properly register until you see it with your own eyes. I hadn't seen this game in nearly ten years, then I step off the plane and suddenly it's a national pastime!

I took many beautiful and interesting photos in Seoul, but you get these boring shit ones because they're the only ones about videogames.