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Chinese universities: no PCs, gaming for freshmen

College freshmen tend to lack self control when it comes to a variety of impulses: drinking themselves sick, skipping class, eating entire bags of Doritos for dinner, etc. Some of them, after having left the comforts of home and the nagging voice of Mom telling them to go to bed, also go crazy playing EverQuest all night, every night. Those kids usually learn their lessons one way or the other, sometimes by flunking a few classes. But if you're a university student in China, you may not even get the opportunity to fall into the trap of late-night gaming sessions... at least not until your sophomore year...

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arstechnica.com
kss6055d ago

i guess they have a point freshman year is always hard and this probably will help.

poopface16054d ago

that is kinda funny. What about all the people that want to look at porn?

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast23h ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk10h ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast10h ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk9h ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac14h ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk10h ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

60°

From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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gamesindustry.biz
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Famous actor loves Helldivers 2 and wants to play General Brasch in movie adaptation

A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.

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videogamer.com
3d ago