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.
Yes and No. The value judgment I am making now is harsh and probably a bad way to :cope: with my actions as a teenager. In reality, I met a ton of people and some amazing friends during that time that kept me from probably killing myself. But I can also tell you that youth is so fleeting and having to re-learn to be a social person, and find time and space to grow as a human being in your early 20s and 30s, with kids, wife, and work, is a lot harder than if I had devoted my time to praxis, self-development, socializing, etc. I was also addicted to porn. So for me, my teenage years were play wow, jack off, play wow, do my high school and college homework and go back to playing wow and jacking off. Overall it feels gross. The addiction loops that we allow children to experience on the internet, start from an early age. And it is horrifying in retrospect when I think back on my life.