videogame addiction in china

Flashy, often violent, designed to be addictive, it's no wonder adults all over the globe have their concerns about video games. But in China some parents are now taking their worries to a new level. Parents are sending their children away for a bit of deprogramming.

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[Choopmans]

Wtf is this... i mean, That isnt going to stop them playing the games.. whats the problem... they are FUN

[horse1bun]

wow china is crazee.

so let me get this straight, parents pay to train their kids to be soldiers.

sounds like china alright!

[darrenw1996]

2009,Deng Senshan,died in 10 hours after checking into rehab by his parents,beaten to death

[spunkflunk]

chinese government is secretly happy cuz they got some new recruits

[MExic4nBurIto]

But video games actually make you smarter because it teaches you how people DO make games and movies! i know how castle crashers work and i only had it for 5 dayz. all it is a bunch of drawing . that move around. ALSOME

[super58173]

@infringementMAN - No, I think those are those lazer guns that cops use in training. But really, even though most of us are not addicted, it's still insulting.

[super58173]

70% of this hospital's patients no longer play videogames.

The other 30% :

We salute you.

[mercadotecnico]

@lostweat no one of them.

[lostweat]

what would you rather have. A gangbancger, theif, tagger, carjacker or a gamer for a child?

[infringementMAN]

Now hold on guys. This is NOT "I like video games a lot" sort of addiction. Wasn't there someone who DIED by playing too much? This kind of addiction is not good last time I checked. I understand the drastic steps and paranoia of video game addiction.

But seriously? Putting them in the military? Errr....so they give real guns instead of virtual ones. Right. Sign me up!

[neoenix]

Me and my brother do martial arts and we usually train an hour before we train or else we cant play. though now with ff 13 its kinda diffrent. i have it but havent opened it because i know that as soon as i do my grades will go down. im gonna open it on spring break, though im gonna get some work done and after that is met, itll be my reward. videogameing too much is bad, but you can balance it out by doing paintball if you like FPS or martial arts if your into fighting games.

[YesterdaysNewspaper]

i find it amusing that you think a small timeframe of ten months somehow changes the fact you made a moronic statement. grats on broken logic