| Micky is DEAD! Micky vaporizes into nothingness.

Haha. I recall nearly killing myself last year with the overweening complexity and the 40+ classes I had to code for my AP Computer Science final project. Overkill, yes? The final product was quite amusing, however. It was a rudimentary text adventure-type game (where the player inputs commands in a text console to explore some imaginary game world), and it all revolved around the highly mindless slaughter of Korean boy band members.

A sample session might include the following output (user inputs in bold):

:: Dungeon Cell ::
The light emanating from the torches on the walls dance across your surroundings, casting a sinister glow upon the stone. With the aid of the light, you can just barely make out the old, dark stains on the walls and floor. The place bears the unmistakable signs of death and prolonged torment. Who knows what you'll find in this godforsaken place...
Obvious exits: north south east west
        Micky Yoochun is standing here.
        A cantaloupe lies on the ground.

HP: 100/100 > kill micky
You charge at Micky Yoochun!

HP: 100/100 > <*****> jab
You jab at Micky Yoochun, causing 13 damage!

HP: 100/100 > <**** >
Micky Yoochun girly-slaps your face with all of his strength, but misses!

Anyway, I implemented a truly kick-ass battle system. With multiple threading. Those DBSK members can move around freely in the dungeon, ambush the unsuspecting player, initiate pointless small-talk with the player (when they're feeling slightly less hostile), and of course, engage in real-time combat. They drop their possessions when they perish, and the player can pick them up, scavenger-like (although as of yet I've not made them usable). Oh yeah, and interspersed throughout each confrontation with a Korean nancy-boy are classic battle quotes like "Your love is all I need…" and "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Sadly, I was a bit harried at the time, so I was only able to create five Korean boy band characters, more specifically the members of that odious group DBSK. I was thinking of expanding the dungeon and putting all thirteen members of Super Junior in there as well, and knowing nearly zilch about them, I browsed the Web today for their names and some basic biographical illumination.

Silly Super Juniors

Shindong — Shin-dong??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What an unfortunate lad…
Donghae — I think any Korean who calls himself "dong" should merit our wholehearted empathy.
Ryeowook — Ru-yeh-wook? Ru-ye-oh-wook? Doesn't that sound like the perfect appellation for a Wookie?
Kibum — I nearly thought this was a name for some body part. Like coccyx. "He rubbed her coccyx and she cooed with pleasure." "I kissed her on her kibum." I've been reading far too much Vladimir Nabokov…
Eunhyuk — "Hyuk" is the sound I make when I hiccup. Hyuk, hyuk. Hy-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk-uweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegh-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh…

Basically, if mispronounced the right way, any one of those Korean misnomers could cause me to laugh my head off. Silly Koreans. Silly nancy-boys.

So, uh, what does my dear reader think? (Bonus points if you mention Koreans in your angry comment!)

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    *gasp*

    Me loves you layout!! ♥

    I could only read and write 3 languages. Tagalog, English and Chinese. ^^; I wanna learn Japanese too. Since it's similar to Chinese, I migth actually even learn it. But then, I'm way too lazy to. XD

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    Fa~ I want to play that game! D: Is there a ninja Jaejoong?

    Glad to know you're spending your time on productive things. I'm not the least bit offended though, more like amused by your selective ignorance and how you chose to Americanize these pronunciations just for this purpose. Haha, at least you omitted ******, *******, ******, ******** (********), *****, *******, ******, and *******. Oh, and the additional SJM subgroup members, ******* and *********. Are their names not exciting enough for you? :D

    It took me a while to learn all the pronunciations. ******** is more like lyaw-uke, and ******* is oon-yuk. Dude, I've never heard you hiccup, but if you really did sound like that, I'd lol so hard. So very hard. (Are you going to turn that into something pervy too? ***** lived in the U.S. for a couple years; I wonder if anyone did a double-take at his name, though it can also be romanized as Kibeom.)

    There, I mentioned Koreans plenty of times!

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    You… you're hilarious, omfg. You missed a couple. XD XD XD

    Okay, let me try some more.

    *****~
    *******
    ******

    I can go phonetic too, but my time is precious. D:

    Alternative romanizations ftw! You're probably going to block these too, aren't you?

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    Tainted Soul is my official blog.
    The other one is an update blog for teh sites I maintain. :)

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    Wow, that game sounds amazing. ^_^ I want to play it, too. :D
    Hehe, I don't know a thing about **** or ************.
    Or ******. But I must admit that I find Japanese to be the prettier language. O.O

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    lol. aren't there like a bazillion members in those ****** boy bands. pues, i'm back from chile y voy a responder a sus preguntas asap. :P ciao!