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.
yeah, i feel you on that. i used to play an esport at pro level (and before there was a decently-sized esport community built around it) and it feels like a full time job that simultaneously sucks out all the fun out of something that's supposed to be leisure. the game wasn't even an FPS so all those hours translated into... nothing else. now i only play multiplayer games if it's with friends or i'm listening to music. otherwise it just feels like a pointless time sink.