Talk:Video games in North Korea

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 01:14, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Grand Theft Auto V is a popular video game in North Korea?

Source: https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/north-korea-video-games-popular-1202910116/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Page (politician)

Created by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 13:33, 29 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Really nice article! Hook is cited properly within the article and is interesting. Article seems to be in good shape. All good. Arconning (talk) 14:14, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support this hook. It is very nice as always. Juwan (talk) 18:04, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Passed. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 17:17, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Video games in North Korea/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk · contribs) 23:36, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Sophisticatedevening (talk · contribs) 23:41, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'll get started on this one shortly, thanks for your work! Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 23:41, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose

I feel like the lede could definitely have some attention; I personally don't think it adequately summarizes the text, I would try to get at least one sentence about each paragraph or section in there.
Arcades are available in many of the country's large cities. - Which large cities? How many are there? How far does this reach?
Pyongyang Racer is the most notable North Korean video game - What constitutes a "notable" game? Is it the most widely used or the most sold? Is it the one mentioned the most in media?
I see the word "while" come up twice, I would rephrase this as it is a mild form of MOS:EDITORIAL.
Pyongyang Gold Lane is the largest bowling alley in North Korea - Is this by physical size, profit or presence?
Around major cities in North Korea - Is this inside the city or around the perimeter?
North Korean phones run a modified version of an Android operating system. - I feel like there is definitely more to this that can be built on.
...called Strength (힘) developed at Kim Il Sung --> called Strength (힘) that was developed at Kim Il Sung
This caused a boom in interest in the mobile game market. - You might be able to elaborate more on what a "boom" is.
...a South Korean research institute (북한ICT연구회) - Is there an English language pronounciation for this?
Nosotek is a Western-funded North Korean video game studio. It has developed mobile games... - This feels a little clunky, maybe combine the sentences?
...played in North Korea have included - Why past-tense? Are they no longer popular?

Spot checks/Sourcing

Based off of Special:permalink/1299785730:

1: Checks out. Y
5: Checks out, I personally would have added the total population after to kinda put 23% into perspective. Y
12: Actual article is paywalled but headline itself verifies it. Y
15: Had to google translate it but checks out AFAICT. Y
21: All good. Y
26: Checks out. Y

Copyright/images

File:Childs playing shooting in video games DPRK.jpg Y - VRT verified CC by SA 4.0
File:Man plays Candy Crush knockoff (33139733395).jpg Y - Flicker verified
File:PlayStation-SCPH-1000-with-Controller.png Y - Released into PD
File:Fahey DSCF2946 (6074727963).jpg - Flicker verified. Y
Earwigs gave 9.9%, no copyvio found though. Y

Other

Just want to note that the "Arcades" section is pretty short compared to the other sections, I would like to see some expansion on this.

Comments

@Sophisticatedevening: Hi, thanks so much for the review! I have expanded the lead section as well as the arcade section. I have also addressed most of the concerns you have raised. I did not change the wording of ...played in North Korea have included because the sources indicate that these are based on recollections and accounts from the past, so there's not really any information on if they're still popular. The NK News source says that a defector named Lee Hyun-seung recalled Age of Empires and Command & Conquer from the 90s while an Australian man named Alek Sigley who studied at Kim Il Sung University mentions that he knew classmates who played DOTA. Because of these mostly being recollections of the past with no indication of current trends, I think it's best to phrase it as them "having been popular" rather than "being popular". Additionally, I have added File:Fahey DSCF2946 (6074727963).jpg, if you wouldn't mind reviewing the copyright on that image as well. Thanks again! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 02:14, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks great so far, thanks for the changes! Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 02:17, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spot checks look good, I'm happy with the expansion, passing nom. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 17:14, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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