Weird 2010's gamer nationalism meets china bad.
"Oh no, kids won't be able to use games to escape reality now" — Good, have them play outside or read a book or something.
"Horrible, I couldn't live without games" — Yes, this law is attempting to help people before they become like you.
"New generations won't grow up to be gamers now" — How will society survive!
"It's about controlling freedom of thought" — Ah, yes, this will stop the great dialogue had by fourteen-year-olds in LoL game chats.
There’s this old school arcade in Chicago that is a 20 dollar entrance fee and all the games are free to play for the entire day. They do a lot of community events too. I wish I grew up during the 80s to experience going out to an arcade because it’s so fun.
Same. I was at the tail end of arcade culture in the 90's and I only got to see a glimpse of it as it was dying out, giving way to the home console boom. Japan still has a thriving arcade scene which is where I took some inspiration from this. Of all the gaming communities out there, the fighting game scene is what I'd point to for something "good". Arcades would be a way for kids to engage with one another and bond over fun games.