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With how "Gaming" is being linked to disorders and tragedies, the possibilities of the entertainment medium being regulated grows higher by the day. But how does a country that has regulated gaming look like? What kind of effect does it have on the youth? We answer those questions and many more in this video.

Special thanks to my friend Ian for making the channel intro! Find more of his work here: https://motian.graphics/

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro
1:17 What is Gaming Disorder?
2:49 The Console "Ban" in China
3:53 Internet Cafes (The alternative for Gaming in China)
5:27 The Horrors of Internet Cafes
7:09 The Fatal Cases at Internet Cafes (Graphic)
9:17 Government Required Time Limits
10:12 How a Pandemic Affected "Gaming Disorder"
11:43 The Last Resort of Treatment: Detox Centers
15:30 The Quality of life in China (Why games aren't the problem)
19:05 How Games Threaten China (And why kids are "addicted" to them)
20:54 The Result of the Regulations (and the global implications they may have)


ARTICLES USED FOR VIDEO:

"Gaming Disorder"

https://www.who.int/standards/classif...

"Video Game Addiction Statistics 2023 – How Many Addicted Gamers Are There?"

https://gamequitters.com/videogamea...

"Game On: The Rise of the eSports Middle Kingdom"

https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

"Video Gaming Addiction: A Case Study of China and South Korea"

https://wp.towson.edu/iajournal/2021/...

"China: the crisis facing the youth today and the struggle for the future"

https://www.marxist.com/chinathecri...

"Video Game Addiction: China Fights “Electronic Drugs”

https://www.addictioncenter.com/commu...

"Record 13m students sit China’s ‘gaokao’ college entrance exams"

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6....

"China declares it has conquered gaming addiction"

https://cybernews.com/editorial/china...