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China Blames Online Games for Drugs, Murder, Teen Pregnancy

"China's state news channel has blamed hugely popular online games for problems including drug addiction, teen pregnancy and even murder this month as regulators crack down on allegedly harmful content in games."

Briefcase Joe5231d ago (Edited 5231d ago )

I didn't see any duplicates so I thought I would share. The story is pretty ridiculous.

ipwnall5231d ago

Like many other countries, China tries to throw their problems on any scapegoat.

Cartesian3D5231d ago

in IRAN (my country) 30'000 people die every year just because of car related accidents.. 30k guys! 3 0' 0 0 0 F***ing human being every year! its like a WAR or sth..
so removing the Car is the solution ?no, the main reason is the Culture of using the car, LOW quality cars,old and non-safe cars.. not the Car itself ..

same here.. when someone died after whatever hours of gaming it means He/she had no life and He/she was the reason not the GAME!

sth like a GAME dont make you a KILLER!! just think about 5 million Gears of war owners ? what percentage of them killed other people with chainsaw ?

I had System thinking (System Dynamics) course with one of the greatest SD professors in the world (Dr .mashayekhi alinaghi ) ..
if "According to the report, up to 80% of the violent criminals in the prison turned to crime because of online games." doesnt mean online games is the reason, let me tell you an example ..

90 percent of 18-30 year old guys playing video games in a country, 5 percent of them using alcohol or other drugs frequently

80 percent of prisoners played video games , 70 percent of them using alcohol or other drugs frequently ..

which one is the main reason ? (EDIT: comparing to other one, not in general)

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head23h ago(Edited 22h ago)

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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