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LOL. What's great is seeing the UK lumped in with China. Nothing like government knowing what's good for you. ]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
Days like these I'm glad I live in the US. If there was a gaming curfew in America I dont know what I'd do at 3am on a Saturday night or when I can't sleep.]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/It's not that surprising to see that we are lumped with china:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305418,00.htm
I know it isn't the same thing, but internet curfews may be the government's next step, and that is why I feel unlucky as a resident of the UK.]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/You young'uns are too young to remember, but the US has already been through this phase. Back in the heyday of the 'arcade' (yeah, believe it or not we used to have these rooms where kids would gather and put round pieces of metal into machines in order to play video games), many communities placed restrictions on kids going to arcades. In my hometown, you could only go certain hours of the day and needed a signed permission slip from your parents (no joke!). Of course, I don't think a single actual parent ever signed a permission slip, but that was just for the arcade owners to cover their asses.]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
"Teenage Pregnancy is up by 600% in South Korea!"

]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
...but can only use it between 3 and 4pm.

DUH DUH DUHHHH]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/If gaming is outlawed, only outlaws will have games.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
I can understand the good intentions coming from this law, but I can also definitely see a rise in crime rates if it ever comes to pass.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
Well if they did ban it, we can just 4 pool the crap out of them. :]]]>Apr 13th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
the thing is, South Korean kids aren't staying up late to play games in the early monring.

They have school for like 14 hours a day, rarely get 6 hours of sleep etc, and they still have homework to do.

this law basically prevents them from playing at all.]]>Apr 13th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
Almost all membership require this number to play the game anyway. Therefore the system can differentiate child vs adult.

Problem is that any kid can fake by using their grandma's or grandpa's security number to join membership to play game or watch pOrn cause pOrn is illegal in Korea and you must be over 18 to have access such websites.]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
I see, that gives this idea a little more validity, but still not much.]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/You are Number 6, I am Number 2.
]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/ I imagine it's actually an attempt by the government to dissuade child abuse when grades go down from too much gaming.
I use to teach in korea and man those kids got beat, but still really love their video games!]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
There are people even in this country who would love to tax your "bad" foods and "force" you to eat your vegetables...]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
We have a few soft rules in place about how long they can play games.. i will randomly kick them off all electronics and send them outside to play for 2-3 hours... It works out great infact.. since I allowed the little ones to play game mor eoften they have taken those games and created outside versions.

Left 4 dead Tag... It's a mix of Hide and seek, Dodgeball, and some other team based rules they came up with... a year ago thier minds could not comprehend such intricate rules, but after playing Halo and left 4 dead and experiencing map selection and changing rules in the settings they were able to create outdoor games with complicated rules.

I go outside with them now and play as a zombie or an assassin on a daily basis.

Everyone goes to bed at a specific time based on childs age, grade performance, and attitude.

I recently gave my 2 older boys (15 and 17) a no rules, rule... they can stay up as late as they want play any games they want as long as they want.. no stipulations... they have impressed me greatly. they go ouside randomly and play.. thier friends come over and they will all just head outside at random and play outside fore 1-2 hours. they go to bed at reasonable hours through out the week...

Being the parent of 5 children has to be the easiest job in the world, even when you have an emergency room vistit, and optomitrist appointment and a violin lesson my wife is working late at work, and i need to go in extra early the next day... and my life feels really laid back... maybe I am lucky.. maybe I am just good at this, maybe my kids are awesome... whatever the reason i find it hard to relate to parents who see thier kids control them... I talk to other parents who act like they are going to get in trouble if they don't find the 3 games thier kids asked for...

My first response is "Wait your on welfare and foodstamps, how can you afford to buy your kid 3 $60-$70 games?" my 2nd response is "didn't your oldest just drop out of H.S.?"

I grew up in a very snobbish community and went to a very snobbish school "Hendricken" i now live in one of the highest crime rate cities in my state. Yet all my kids do great, all thier friends are aces... It really makes it feel like we have all the power no matter our situation it is up to US to make the best of it.

sorry I am yet another internet yuppy who allowed a quick comment to become a giant rant... mark be among the rest of the people like me. LOL]]>Apr 13th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
Where's the "like" button, like on facebook?]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
It's that little plus sign right above REPLY, under REPORT and to the left of the minus sign.

Looks like this: +]]>Apr 13th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/agreed. without Starcraft or the upcoming Starcraft II there will still be rampant gaming binges going on in Korea. a few years back when i visited they had 3 full time cable channels which broadcast nothing but recorded Starcraft tournaments 24/7. it was madness.]]>Apr 13th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
http://blog.codefront.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/outside_mmorpg.jpg

It has the best graphics of any game out there and runs at full speed no matter who's playing it...But there is one problem...

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koxmpqAyR71qzflvuo1_500.jpg
]]>Apr 13th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Why do teachers care about that? If they (students) sleep in lessons and stuff- call home. The government isn't our parent!]]>Apr 13th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/Apr 13th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/.]]>Apr 13th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/south-korea-seeks-to-impose-gaming-curfew/
Id say, lets bring it over here. Im stick of all the little brats acting like jerks on my mmo's lol]]>Apr 14th 2010 10:01AM