1/23 Talk about mobile games people play on their cell phones.

People play a lot of games on their smartphones these days. It’s a major trend in Korea.

Some games are similar to games you play at arcades and some are closer to board games.

* arcade: 오락실

ex> The new model is very similar to the old one.

The only difference is that you play them on your cell phone or tablet PC.

Most of the games are linked to messaging applications.

ex> My e-mail account is linked to my cell phone.

ex> It is no secret that fast food is linked to obesity.

People can compete against their friends to see who gets a higher score.

ex> They compete against each other to get a higher score.

Game companies make a lot of money off of those purchases.

ex> He made a lot of money from his business in China.

The mobile game market is growing at an incredible rate.

ex> The start-up is growing at an incredible rate.

ex> The Chinese economy is growing at an incredible rate.

@ I’m hooked on this mobile game.  나는 이 모바일 게임에 푹 빠졌어.