PC Bang rooms abound in Seoul. Every block I walk seems to have one teeming full of kids playing everything from Lineage to World of Warcraft. PC Bang rooms are basically rooms chock full of computers squeezed together to get as many stations inside as possible.
You buy an hours worth of time for about 1000won and get to play to your heart’s content. There are plenty of snack machines dishing out chips and candy and coffee and soft drinks for a good price.
The only bad part of the PC bang rooms is the smoking. I swear some of these kids must have been born with a cigarette in their mouths because the smoke just doesn’t seem to stop. I usually leave if I can’t get a spot in the non smoking section which is tolerable for a little while.
Soon I’ll have my own internet connection and I’ll have to say goodbye to the bang rooms.
I’m a blogger, writer, and teacher. I’ve been working in South Korea’s ESL field for the last three years. My one year contract has unexpectedly turned into a journey that I’m still on and loving.
