I'm glad my country's government doesn't give a sh*t about what I play or how long I play it. Come to think of it, I wouldn't be much of a case for "bad games" anyway, as aside from the occasional eroge (don't judge me!), I only play those boring games where numbers come out of peoples heads.
China, on the other hand, has their hand in everything you do, even your gaming. World of Warcraft has relaunched there after a fair bit of downtime, but some new changes have been put in place. What kind of changes? Silly ones. Instead of piles of bones, now you'll see sandbags. The blood color is now black, and not red. Pictures on MMOSite show other minor changes, like replacing bony looking arm and leg joints with black bands. What?
At least Chinese gamers can continue to get their WoW on. For a bit, at least, until the Man shuts them off for exceeding their daily gaming limit. Hmmm. Maybe that's why China is a world financial power now.
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There's also a rumor that the reason WoW still has no Pandarens (a panda-like humanoid race) is because China would object.
Basically, China having their fingers all over WoW is nothing new.
Great.
That's what happens when you live in a shit country but hey, the Chinese people I've met are completely brainwashed and think their government is the best thing since sliced bread so they must enjoy it there. Personally, I'd be too scared to play WoW in China for fear of getting electro shock 'therapy' or being beaten to death.
If it's done for moral reasons, then I don't have a problem with it. It's the same way that Americans have nudity censored for them. (Read:The Witcher)
At least you can sort of live your own life in Germany.
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They are brewing idiots as we discuss here. They are completely brainwashed, you should just read some comments when the olympics were going on last year...
Forever.
That's whack.
But then, most, I'm not saying all, Chinese players of WOW just play to <a href="http://www.pusada.com" title="sell wow gold">sell wow gold</a>
especially when they remove bones in an [u]videogame[/u] that you never have to play.