Summer is here and in full force. The weather's heating up, and we're taking advantage of it by traveling when it's nice and staying inside to keep cool when it gets unbearable.
While we're indoors, we've concluded that there's so much culture around us and so much to soak up and enjoy that it's hard to narrow where to start. And so it begins anew, gentle reader, that we've returned to an old favorite here at Gaming Insurrection: The East Asian issue. In our sixth iteration, we're doing what we love and have done over the past 12 years: highlight the best of the best in Asian entertainment. We love a little bit of everything from China, Japan and South Korea. Whether it's the food, the music or the drama shows, we've come to love a lot of things over the years, and we're sharing our discoveries and the things we find cool in our GI roundup.
This issue, we've added to the menagerie of content an updated food location map, television shows and web shows that we love and more artists that we've picked up since the last volume. We hope that through this issue, in a time where diversity and culture are being disregarded, you'll find something new and exciting outside of your comfort zone just as we have.
Enjoy the issue!
WHAT IS GAMING INSURRECTION?
We are a small video game publication based in Columbia, S.C. While we focus on retro games, our love is really for digital entertainment, whether it be manga, anime, comics or gaming.
Gaming Insurrection began in 2002 in Editor-in-Chief Lyndsey Beatty's kitchen as a side project to sharpen her print journalism skills while in college. After a six-year hiatus, GI was restarted and enhanced with a redesign and addition of staff.
Gaming Insurrection produces a PDF version of the magazine as well as the occasional video and podcasts for mass consumption.
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The Gaming Insurrection crew past and present gets together or goes solo to have fun in various ways on camera. Watch all of the episodes of the Gaming Insurrection Show here.
GI STAFF
Lyndsey Beatty Editor-in-Chief
Lyndsey Beatty is co-founder and editor-in-chief of GI. She enjoys binge watching TV with her husband, editing as part of the Uppercut Editions team and playing various retro video games. Lyndsey resides in Columbia, S.C., and is an accounting auditor for the state of South Carolina.
bRANDON Beatty eDITOR-AT-LARGE
Brandon Beatty is editor-at-large for GI. Brandon writes reviews when the mood strikes him, produces the Otaku Corner column for The Strip and spends a significant amount of time watching new and old anime alike with his wife. Brandon resides in Columbia, S.C., and is a security specialist for the state of South Carolina.