The Guardian is reflecting on the recent China's rule that forbids minors of age to play online video games on weekdays.
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Non-RPG General News - China's Crackdown on Online Gaming
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Let's face it, videogames are dope. 
But not all!
Those that are gambling falsely advertised as videogames, lootbox-o-ramas.
99.99% of chinese videogames are exactly that.
Not sure why chinese government didn't simply pose a ban on lootboxes and everything would sound better than restrictions in time (and money) spent on gaming.
But not all!
Those that are gambling falsely advertised as videogames, lootbox-o-ramas.
99.99% of chinese videogames are exactly that.
Not sure why chinese government didn't simply pose a ban on lootboxes and everything would sound better than restrictions in time (and money) spent on gaming.
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I kinda doubt that this chinese initiative had much to do with "concern for children".
It is perhaps more likely motivated by some study that claims children who plays lots of games to be more…."combative?", "rebellious?", "prone to question authority?"…something along those lines.
It is perhaps more likely motivated by some study that claims children who plays lots of games to be more…."combative?", "rebellious?", "prone to question authority?"…something along those lines.
I'm just surprised its not also being applied to adults. Get those game crazy Chinese 24/7 online gamers in line! (sarcasm)
I think this thread should quickly get moved into our "politics" discussion area.
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Actually, too much of any one thing isn't good for you. I'm kind of appalled when I think about how I used to play mmo's for way too long, and even games like Wizardry, M&M, Bard's Tale, and others back in the day. These days I limit myself to two hours of computer playing and two hours of telly per day at a max, yet no limits on music listening nor reading!
That's the thing, it's way too easy to get lost into games, some of those are quite long to beat. And I consider myself lucky our kids were not addicted to games (or anything else) to the point of doing only that of their free time.
But it's bad when the state starts taking those decisions for you.
But it's bad when the state starts taking those decisions for you.
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Well, I'm not interested in authoritarian solutions, but it wouldn't be the worst idea to keep a close eye on your kid's screen time.
My little cousin is fully obsessed with Minecraft. You can't do anything with him for two minutes without him bringing it back to Minecraft, or some Youtube doofus dicking around with Minecraft. We had games in my day, but something like this would have been clearly seen as having a problem, back then.
My little cousin is fully obsessed with Minecraft. You can't do anything with him for two minutes without him bringing it back to Minecraft, or some Youtube doofus dicking around with Minecraft. We had games in my day, but something like this would have been clearly seen as having a problem, back then.
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Don't play MMO's all that much like chinese gamers. Anyhow I can see why some countries would legislate this as people have died playing MMO's for days.
Pro-tip give your a body a rest every few hours and get some sun and sleep.
Pro-tip give your a body a rest every few hours and get some sun and sleep.
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My thoughts exactly. I’m not a fan of mandated things like this. Plus I’m really not sure how they’ll enforce this, since it’s so hard to prove identity on the internet. Plus what about games that don’t connect to the internet.
But aside from this, kids really shouldn’t just be dropped in front of a tablet/phone/console/pc/tv as a form of babysitting or keeping them busy. It really warps their mind. They should have their content curated both in time spent and in what they’re consuming. But for this to happen their parents need to be involved in their life, and not just work all the time to make ends meet.
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Carnifex
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If I had a child these days they wouldn't have access to a computer or mobile device until perhaps age ten, and even then there would be serious limits. I'm pretty happy my child didn't have to deal with all the devices that are rampant these days.
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Unlikely? There is a 0.0 to the thousandths decimal place chance the federal government would ever mandate/enforce a limit on how much people can play videogames.
I'm no parent but this seems excessively mean on young people. I agree that things like loot boxes and mechanisms that promote addictive gambling behaviours need reining in. But three hours in one hour blocks, it can takes me nearly an hour sometimes to get through one quest, imagine a pathfinder character creation taking two weeks. It excludes children from being able to raid in mmos. I've read a couple of articles and don't see what it is people expect children to do instead.
I think it applies to online games only. If they want to play single player games they're fine. Those are usually much less addictive and don't reward addictive behaviour in the same way.
Yes, that's how I understand it too. I've just added 'online' in the post so it's less confusing.
Heh, that's not at all what he said. He basically said: "China takes an extreme position on games which try to influence/manipulate kids to spend more time and money on games than what is healthy. The West will likely regulate gaming more as well, if the industry doesn't change that.
Yeah, it's extreme, but China is after all a totalitarian, corrupt regime with concentration camps, imprisonment and "reschooling" of politically different views and orwellian surveillance.
It's old men who decide the agenda and morality there, and I'm pretty sure most Chinese 50+ year old people didn't play video games as kids due to China being dirt poor when they were young.
This "masculinity" thing there ?