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 onlyrealcuzzo on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:17PM (#28358170)

I'm not in favor at all - but it doesn't seem like a massive overstep.

I honestly don't see what the big difference is between online games and weed.

It doesn't really seem off-brand for governments these days to be making these kinds of decisions.

I mean, if they decided to make coffee illegal for kids - yeah, that seems dumb, right? But is that REALLY that big of a difference than making tobacco illegal?

I just don't see a huge difference with online gaming.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by t-writescode on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:38PM (#28358482)

So, in the US, we have freedom to assemble and associate with other people. Some people are turning to VR Chat and MMOs to congregate. This is especially a thing during a pandemic when we can't physically come together to do things.

Video games aren't all mindless watching of bibs and bobs and dodads and shinies. They're often organized groups of social activity.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by teawrecks on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:20PM (#28358217)

Is this...are you being serious?

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