game girl advance: GTA3 Import Substitution

GTA3 Import Substitution

I've been observing how much everyday import substitution there is evident in Seoul. Many of the drinks, the appliances, the consumer goods look and taste similar to Western or non-Korean counterparts. But they are made by Korean companies, to provide the same kind of good or service to the country.

It's a matter of economy-building, early on. India practiced extensive import substitution when it was industrializing. Korea has managed to rebuild itself with astonishing speed after devastating conflict, in part by demanding that its citizens buy Korea and invest Korea. Korea could probably be called fully industrial now, and import substitution starts to seem like a matter of pride and habit more than economic necessity. Companies like LG and Samsung has become world-class brands though, tempering the seeming inferiority of imitation.

This phenomenon is nowhere more apparent than on the roads. It is difficult to see a foreign car in Korea. I did spy a BMW dealership in a nice neighborhood. But otherwise, all around me, the cars are Kia, or Hyundai, and their forms and names evoke car models I'm familiar with from the United States. Today in Seoul, I saw a luxury car called a Magnus, a minivan called a Carnival, and a small delivery truck called a Porter.

This all reminds me of Grand Theft Auto, where a Cadillac is called an Esperanto, a Hummer is called a Patriot, a Corvette is called a Stallion. There's some sense of humor evident in many of the GTA3 names. My favorite Seoul car is a luxury sedan called the Equus - reminding me of a play I neither read nor saw, about this shrink and his patient: a kid who puts out horses' eyes.

Posted by justin at October 12, 2003 11:31 PM

i have played gta3 but more on vice city so bad that no one can get me off it, any way, it was wondering if you could send this message to the creators of the gta games.

"The game GTA Vice City, is phatter than i heard but when/if you release the next one (which everyone up around my hood wants more than anything else) you should dish out some options like create our own players, like name, skin colour, weight, height, clothes, gloves, hats and every apperance kind of like how WWE Smackdown and THPS creates their people but way better.
Also create your own gang pad in and outside with name of street, address and colour etc featured.
One more thing, we should really have a pack of gangsters by walking up to citizens and asking them to join by pressing pause and use the option "ask person to join".
If they join, the player should chuck them the gears then it lets us create them aswell, but if they refuse they should run away(if already have a gang with you before the incident, they shoud run afer him/her and gang bash them

p.s
there should also be male/female clothing options for creating a criminal

Posted by: Repakahn on October 13, 2003 11:11 PM

I agree with you Repakahn. But if they make another Gta after SA. They should but it in present day times 2004. with songs from 2003 2004. but i also think they should put all tree cities on the same game and make it to where you can fly big DC10 passenger planes and jets to the other island. it should start on LC to VC to SA. P.S. i have a nother game idea for rockstar somthin like gta but alot different. if you like to hear it Aol im crewcheif12h or Msn crewchief12h@hotmail.com thanks. If you know how to get a hold of rockstar games tell me that too if you can. our if you are in R* then email me and i'll tell u my idea's. bye

Posted by: gtageek on May 3, 2004 03:05 PM

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Posted by: gtageek on May 3, 2004 03:07 PM