China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week

Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by TedDoesntTalk on Monday August 30, 2021 @11:48AM (#28356857)

> like stunting their personal and intellectual development

This. And social development. What are the implications of having all of your friends online and never met them in real life?

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by shadofx on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:06PM (#28357102)

Lower likelihood of Covid, for one

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by mkoryak on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:15PM (#28357236)

What else?

I can think of a dozen negatives

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by TedDoesntTalk on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:23PM (#28357331)

I wish I knew. I mean, no sex?

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by throwaway5752 on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:36PM (#28357520)

I really do wish we could have a better discussion about this - not this thread, or even this submission, but in general.

It's interesting how gaming addiction is on the fast track for a formal disorder diagnosis (https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/internet-gaming, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700715/). When I look at Candy Crush - just to pick on one - and other "gamified" (ie optimized for addiction) cases they seem to have a lot more negatives, particularly for groups with still-developing prefrontal cortexes. I really worry about the developmental impact of modern gaming and social media. I have increasingly seen kids that are just not well attached to reality in ways that are detrimental to them, going on several years now.

It feels bad to pick on escapism when the world is such a mess, but, just like the similarly increasing drug problems (particularly in opiates) it is only making the situation worse.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by mippenhappen on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:19AM (#28366423)

>What are the implications of having all of your friends online

Peace and quiet?

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