Starcraft in Korea

A term of comparison used to describe something that is normally nerdy or uncool, but in a certain place is popular and may get you laid. Derived from how the computer game Starcraft is hugely popular and televised in South Korea, and its best players are treated as celebrities.

Being a Spock lookalike is no field trip. Except in trekkie conventions. Then it's like Starcraft in Korea.

by hataraxia August 22, 2011

blast processing

When video game companies use made-up, exciting terms to describe the normal and mundane features of their consoles or games. Sega used the term "blast processing" to describe their console's capabilities in the nineties.

So Heavy Rain has a "dynamic scenario system." Does it have blast processing, too?

by hataraxia August 22, 2011

undead pendulum

The tendency for pop culture to swing back and forth between vampires and zombies; when one becomes uncool (vampires via Twilight), the other becomes cool (zombies). The pendulum swings over the course of several years.

Everything is saturated with zombies. I'm tired. Call me when the undead pendulum swings again.

by hataraxia August 22, 2011