http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/ Engadget Comments for China sets out to curb kids' online gaming http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
what's next? denying their citizen's most fundamentals right to have children? ;)]]>Apr 10th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
bwa ha ha ha!]]>Apr 10th 2007 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 11th 2007 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
Sorry mate... thats communism. ]]>Apr 10th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
they already have that law for limiting the amount of children you can have. You are only allowed to have one child per family unless that first born is a girl, then you can have one more child.]]>Apr 10th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/but yeah it sucks]]>Apr 10th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2005-10-06-korean-game-addicts_x.htm
linky linky to my last comment]]>Apr 10th 2007 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
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Seriously, though, WoW players will have fewer gold farmers to deal with!]]>Apr 10th 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
You won't think this law is ridiculous when you find your kid dropping grades vertically, missing for days, or worst found dead from exhaustion in an Internet bar. It happens, and gets more and more.

It serves the kids right. The hard thing is how to enforce this law when online age registration can't be trusted and business owners ignore the health of kids for more earning.]]>Apr 10th 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
I play video games, and I've managed to remember to eat so I don't die so far. Blame it on business all you want, but it is a person's responsibility to watch out for their own health.

1984? No thanks.

]]>Apr 10th 2007 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
It's sickening enough just to read about this happening in works of fiction, but to see it actually come to be is quite simply horrifying. And I though England was pretty bad...]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
We will always think it is a ridiculous regulation. There is already a regulation to prevent kids from playing online too long. It's called parenting. You warn them the first time, if they don't listen you shut the computer down. If they turn it on again, you call the game company and cancel the account. I'm sure Jr. wouldn't want all his hard work being lost to oblivion.

The government should not be mother and father. ]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
As for adult gamers, I think the same program would still have merit (because internet addiction is real and sometimes tragic), but since we all have the personal freedom to mess up our own lives as much as we want, I don't support trying to encourage gaming companies to implement any protection for users over 18.]]>Apr 10th 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/

Ps. I'm a true to heart Capitalist, and not at all scoialist. I just felt like I needed to tell people that Communism is used why to much in describing the countries goverment. Hey, I do agree, though after the last 60 years of hearing the same thing from everyone else. We automatically say communism. ]]>Apr 10th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
The problem with that is that no amount of government incentives is going to make up for the loss of subscribers who don't want to put up with game limits. As in nature, business abhors a vacuum, so some other company would be more than happy to provide the kiddies with unlimited game time.

The key to this is the funds. Parents can pay the monthly fee for their kids and cut them off when they feel they are abusing it. Yes there are parents that just don't care, but this apathy doesn't apply only to gaming. If the kids hit a limit in the game, he or she will probably just lay around and watch television or play a different online game with the uncaring parent not paying attention.]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
Well, they already have their own Google.]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
http://au.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/24/news_6131845.html]]>Apr 10th 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
Oh and this will be the new official joke;

"In Communist China, Video Games play you! (But only for 3 hours)"]]>Apr 10th 2007 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
That's just what the Pamphlet says. The real world application goes more like "communism is founded on everyone being forced to do their part".]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 10th 2007 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/communism is founded on everyone doing their part

yeah, because there happens to be this ideal world, where people do not have greed or jealousy in them. that people would work for the great of others. and nobody would take advantage of the system. :)

we all know how the Chinese is free of corruption and are famous for their perfect human right record.

face it, there's no such thing as a perfect communist society, not with the world filled with people who are born greedy.

After all, communism countries are the wealthiest in this world. :)]]>Apr 10th 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
Chinese people don't have human right...they don't watch CNN...how come they can get human rights...
]]>Apr 11th 2007 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/
Come to China,and live for some time,it's not that bad.]]>Apr 11th 2007 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/ thats all fine and well but here in britain and perhaps all over the world the government FORCES , yes they force children to go to school . now call me liberal but that is totally wrong. why should children be FORCED tgo go to school . why is the government inteferring SO much in our personal lives making us go to school, forcing us to study for a whole decade. what a dictatorship. lol. seriosly
my point is .. I dont understand how everyone is so appalled at this act by the chinese government which stops children playing video games after 5 hours...yes 5 hours.
most parents will welcome this is as an aid to parenting , but you guys dont want the parents to have any help at all.
' its the parents fault'..blame the parents' etc etc...but when the government tries to help the parents its' communism , a dictatorship ' etc etc.. ]]>Apr 11th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 11th 2007 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/china-sets-out-to-curb-kids-online-gaming/Apr 20th 2007 6:49AM