Decreasing Chinese Youngster’s Addiction To Violent Foreign Games via Chinese Heroes
In a past article, we made mention of the Chinese government’s effort to stop teenagers from playing too much video games by requiring MMORPG makers to demand player’s IDs and real names. This time, Reuters from Beijing, China reported of a patriotic Internet game called “Chinese Heroes” being developed today as a response to the Chinese government’s action.
Although still not ready for release a year after development begun, the game’s details are already spilled out. In Chinese Heroes, players click on statues to learn about the represented person’s experiences and get them to carry out tasks like moving bricks and stuffs.
Kou Xiaowei, an official with China’s General Administration of Press and Publication that is organising the game’s development, said that the game’s goal is to teach players about Chinese ethics. It also hopes to teach them China’s history and significant Chinese persons as well. As of now, five heroes have been developed, including Lei Feng, a Mao Zedong-era model soldier, and Zheng Chenggong, a pirate also known as Koxinga who seized Taiwan from Dutch colonial rule in 1661.
We wonder how this game will perform upon its release in a world where everybody seems to be so hooked up on games filled with adventure, slaying and domination? Well, we’ll see. Say tuned for updates!
Via Yahoo News
In a past article, we made mention of the Chinese government’s effort to stop teenagers from playing too much video games by requiring MMORPG makers to demand player’s IDs and real names. This time, Reuters from Beijing, China reported of a patriotic Internet game called “Chinese Heroes” being developed today as a response to the Chinese government’s action.
Although still not ready for release a year after development begun, the game’s details are already spilled out. In Chinese Heroes, players click on statues to learn about the represented person’s experiences and get them to carry out tasks like moving bricks and stuffs.
Kou Xiaowei, an official with China’s General Administration of Press and Publication that is organising the game’s development, said that the game’s goal is to teach players about Chinese ethics. It also hopes to teach them China’s history and significant Chinese persons as well. As of now, five heroes have been developed, including Lei Feng, a Mao Zedong-era model soldier, and Zheng Chenggong, a pirate also known as Koxinga who seized Taiwan from Dutch colonial rule in 1661.
We wonder how this game will perform upon its release in a world where everybody seems to be so hooked up on games filled with adventure, slaying and domination? Well, we’ll see. Say tuned for updates!
Via Yahoo News