good, it’ll force developers to make more single player games
They targeted gamers! :gamer-gulag:
I posted this in the other thread on the topic too but I think it would be of interest here too:
The games reward cycles especially in looters are literally designed around reward schedules which are well studied in psych to get people hooked (also used by casinos). Why do we want these systems to predate on kids? Anyway, I would say a bigger challenge to this policy is to also provide healthier alternatives for kids to socialize. If school is too stressful and there are no parks, fields, sports, cultural centres, etc for the kids to hang out and do stuff in then just taking this away won’t be effective.
Also, this article is very interesting in this context. It references studies that indicate that having a healthier social environment provides very strong protection from substance addiction. (I would imagine it would extend to other stuff like gaming addiction too) https://cosmonaut.blog/2020/08/12/revolutionary-discipline-and-sobriety/
