G-Star 2012 International Gaming Expo Busan South Korea

G-Star 2012 International Gaming Expo Busan South Korea 8th to 11th November.

So as promised I am bringing you a post on G-Star 2012. I headed down to Busan for one day on Saturday to catch a glimpse at this years gaming expo. Amazingly as soon as I walked out of the subway station I was confronted by the ticket line! I was a little surprised so I walked over to BEXCO just to see what was going on.  I saw a shorter line on the other side of BEXCO so I went over there and stepped over a roped off area as I saw someone else do. I didn't realize until I got my ticket that I had cut in line! But oh well it was for the best as I think it was a 2 hour wait to get tickets and I didn't have that kind of time to waste.

The expo was similar to last year with the same exhibitions almost and a few new arrivals. Warface was being shown off (I actually knew a guy who worked on that game) as well as the usual Starcraft, World of Warcraft, World of Tanks and World of Warplanes. Thousands of people were there as well as a few cosplay costumes so perhaps this event may attract more of that kind of thing in the future? Who knows.

Oh and of course there were many "racing girls" or product models there and competition was fierce to get a good position for a photo. ^^

Well that's enough from me. Take a look at some pictures and slideshows of the event:


























Well that all for this week. I already have something lined up for next week about the Stationery and Toy Expo that was on at COEX last weekend. Well until next week have a great time! ^^

Gyeongju, Sex Museum Love Castle, Miso II, Shilla Millennium Park, G Star 2011 Bexco Busan

wow this weekend was HUGE! Friday was a day off from my work so at about 12pm we got on the KTX and went to Gyeongju.

Once we got there we took a taxi to the hotel. Gyeongju is a little different from most cities as there are not many tall buildings around. We arrived at the hotel an I saw that it was right on the lake which was a lovely sight.

First stop was the Sex Museum... now if you ask about Gyeongju to any Korean they will tell you all about the historic places but I have yet to hear anyone talk of this place. Its not far from Shilla Millennium Park.

So the following is a R19 (Korean Rating :) slideshow of what can be seen there... look if you dare.

.....But first a picture that I can show here :)

Sex Museum Slide Show:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69725834@N02/sets/72157628115913748/show/

Later that night we went to a fantastic performance... well worth seeing of you get the chance!

Miso II. An epic korean musical. A prince fighting for his princess. Perhaps too large for the small stage that it was on but it was a spectacle.

Here is the cast:

The next day we had a walk around a few places locally so here is a slideshow of some of the scenery:

Gyeongju Slideshow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69725834@N02/sets/72157628115909674/show/

Shilla Millennium Park.

One of the famous places to go and visit it has some of the buildings and locations of where some of Korea's soap operas and I assume movies have been shot. Also there are some performances that can be seen there as well.

Shilla Millennium Park Slideshow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69725834@N02/sets/72157628115908386/show/

We got a little adventurous in the afternoon and spontaneously decided to go to Busan which is only half an hour away by KTX. There was a special event being held in Busan this year called G Star a gaming expo.

But before we get to that here are a couple of shots of fabulous Busan architecture:

G Star:

There were a few thousand people still there around 4pm when we arrived on Saturday afternoon. Most of the crowd had started to disappear as the show finished for the day at 6pm but my guess there were a few 10's of thousands left milling around at the event.

There were many game manufacturers there exhibiting their wares and plenty of opportunities to play games if you wanted to line up. A tank game appeared to be the main attraction as there were a couple of real tanks there to promote it. Anyway here are some pictures and a slideshow to give you an idea about it:

G Star slide show

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66276856@N07/sets/72157627990748861/show/

And if you were wondering....

Yes there were computer gaming girls :)

Check them out....

Phew! Ok so that was all for last weekend....

This week I managed to buy another battery for my DLSR camera so more videos? on the way perhaps.

This week also promises to be a fairly big one too so stay tuned for more of the same :)

Until next week have a fantastic time! :)