Youth addiction to online gaming has seriously damaged the physical fitness and academic achievement of a whole generation. It is amazing that government is not regulating it like other harmful and addictive yet entertaining products like cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, etc. This is really due to the aura that anything online has in today's world. One day, governments and consumers will realize that the Internet world is just like the physical world, where some products are useful, some frivolous and some so harmful they need to regulated.
Gamergate -- Feminists lash out against Gamers on the issue of sexism and misogyny in video games
Sure, both of these groups are full of losers, but the point is we are now allowed to lash out against hi-tech products that can be harmful and addictive yet entertaining. The aura of online tech is fading.
http://www.polygon.c...eminist-critics
Edited by stocks, 10 October 2014 - 12:46 PM.