China's government-owned news channel has decided to blame videogames for young teen girls having sex and needing abortions. Online games have also been blamed for mass murder, following an "expose" at a prison camp where a killer blames gaming for his actions. Because, of course, the words of a psychopath should always be taken as gospel truth.
China Central Television told the story of fourteen-year-old girl who was allegedly encouraged by an online dancing game to start having sex with people she met over the Internet. The game, known as Audition, supposedly encourages one-night stands and this is the reason why the girl had to have two abortions.
Even more amazing is the report that young boys have become addicted to cough medicine and methamphetamine in a twisted attempt to keep their energy going throughout all-night gaming sessions. They spend all their time at Internet cafes, surrounded by chain-smokers, using IM programs to communicate.
In other news, f*ck the Chinese government.
hina Continues War on Games with News Show [GamePolitics]
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2:00 PM on 12.29.2009
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Crap, China is taking all in a stupid mode since the Olympics (more than the usual)
Unless the Chinese government hates those too.
Side effects may include: Babies and STDs. My guild will pay gold for your abortion. However, for STDs your on your own.
Jim, we got it, the world is misinformed about video games, how many of these are you going to write? Please do not misunderstand, I am not trying to bash you and I actually enjoy your articles when you make them about new issues. It just seems like you spend 90% of your time writing these bullshit 2 paragraph articles that have no substance other than making people scroll past them to get to stories they give to shakes about. You are averaging like 10 of these a month.
This just in! Video game news site Deatructoid causes teenage pregnancy! More at 11.
I'd give this story "to [sic] shakes".
Therefore, your argument is irrelevant. Don't like? Don't read. I don't hear about this sort of thing otherwise, and it's enlightening to know world views of other places, you never know when it might be good to know stuff like this. Example: Australia. I might think it's a pretty cool place if I had not been enlightened by Jim as to the gaming dangers of the locale. (No offense to Australians, except Mr. Atkinson, he needs a new job, with far less power)
According to this, abortion is legal on demand in China and a lot of other countries.
Also, if it took a internet vidoe game blog sight to "enlighten" your views.....well...__insert mediocre generic internet burn____.
so instead of blaming the gun company that's gun was used in a killing, lets just blame a video game.
the
fuuuuuuck?
Hell, I got banned from a few lobbies for not praising Twilight as the greatest film ever.
...and being outright terrible at the game.
I had family in China until they left and you're 100% right.
Still the news is pretty absurd. I don't anyone here is saying "L0L T33N@£E AbORt1oN$!!!11!!" as much as...well...it's a silly thing to say. We know, the Chinese know it, their government knows it.
@bloodylip
lulz
I've been surviving American idiocy for the past eighteen years. Your point?