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more about #onlyinchina madog: "The virtual currency, which is converted into real money at a certain exchange rate, will only be allowed to trade in virtual goods and services prov... more » chamoo232: they should banish lead paint on kid toys instead. more » WoundedBum: Not once have I been tempted to play WoW, I guess it doesn't find the chink in my gaming armour. more » Mister Jack got an iPod Touch!: Maybe I'm not understanding all the implications here, but why exactly does China give a fuck if people with too much time on their hands farm gold an... more » Gyaruson: And people think the Wii permeates the non-gaming culture. This is ridiculous. more » excel_excel: LET MY PEOPLE FARM! more » Microshock: They are taking this too fart, what about all the money from taxes? Hmmm? more » Patient: ...and no one believed me when I said that Harvesting in FFXI could drive someone to do such a thing. more » AlKusanagi: Remember kids: It's down the road, not across the street. And if he was really hardcore he would have cut off his own head with a hacksaw! more » TRT-X: Is there any story behind WHY he decided to off himself? Because right now I can't see how (if at all) his addiction had anything to do with it. more » Ghetto Cornetto: I saw what he did there. more » Slatz_Grobnik: Okay, but there's no connection between his suicide attempt and his gaming addiction. It's no different than the mother who attempts suicide, then sta... more » Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!: While I can understand that there are accounts from the hospital reports indicating one side of a story, I would still like to see some medical report... more » ThursdayNext: Hang on..."swallowing five pieces of saw blades in an attempt to commit suicide" An attempt? The guy must have the digestive system of a concrete elep... more » Tyber_Zann: Well damn, I can't beat Pixeljunk Monsters for the life of me. I think I'm gonna down some Draino and try to eat some of my Star Wars action figures. more » ThisCharmingMan: See, I simply don't understand the logic. If in fact you wanted to off yourself, wouldn't you do it in a surefire way that's painless and obviously g... more » Vehks: I don't get it, so he's addicted to video games, but why would that in and of it self make him want to commit suicide? "Well, I'm addicted to video ga... more » phicaluk: How many more times does this have to happen before we put some kind of restriction on the saw ownership? Every saw-swallowing death is one too many. more » muu: Have you not seen the hundreds of WoW detox sites? It's a bit irresponsible to say that Chinese people are more prone to addictions just because ther... more » etchasketchist: I would wait for some studies and statistics to come in before you start making bold, sweeping cultural generalizations like that. To say that the pol... more » -
#worldofwarcraft
Chinese Gov't Tries To Officially Ban Gold Farming
Friday, the Chinese government attempted to address the reported $500 million gold farming industry, said to employ some 400,000 workers, in the form of a ruling on the exchange of "virtual currency" for real world cash. More » -
#gameaddiction
Game Addict Swallows Saw Blades to Commit Suicide
A 23-year-old Beijing game addict was rushed to a hospital after swallowing five pieces of saw blades in an attempt to commit suicide, the Beijing Legal Times reports.
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