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China to Invest Heavily in 'Healthy' Games

Posted by Zonk on Thursday October 21, 2004 @07:45AM from the government-subsidized-pwning dept.

In the wake of a new body in the Chinese government set to determine the healthiness of video games, China has pledged to invest 240 million dollars in healthier online games. The "PCBang" phenomenon so popular in South Korea is spreading into China as well, making this a big industry for the government to be subsidizing. Commentary on the social implications of online games is available at TerraNova as well.

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Healthier Video Games? by jxa00++ · 2004-10-21 07:52 · Score: 4, Funny

We wait in anticipation for the Chinese version of DDR online...
My new game by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-21 08:21 · Score: 5, Funny

How will they rate my new game, where you battle your way past hundreds of Falun Gong members, then capture the Dalai Lama, and later conquer Taiwan?
In other news... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-21 12:23 · Score: 1, Funny

Lineage II - Chinese Release Date Announced.
http://www.gametab.com/news/164835/

"Healthy games" stand a chance?
Tai Chi by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · 2004-10-21 17:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Perhaps we'll get a version of the Chinese Governments 48 posture reformulation of the Yang style. The beauty of a martial arts game based upon Tai Chi is that you wouldn't need a fast computer to run it.
YLFI

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