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Imagine this: Its late at night and you're playing a video game online. You've been playing this game for at least two hours and you're so close to winning one of the hardest levels in the game. Suddenly, like the Cinderella story, your clock hits midnight. And just like that, you are automatically exited out of your game. Basically at this point, you are losing your mind and muttering obscene words under your breath. You probably can't imagine this too well considering the fact that because you live in the United States, land of freedom, you would play until you finished the level or the game, or just quit whenever you felt like it. This is not the case for South Korea.
According to the article, "South Korea Imposes Midnight Gaming Ban to Combat Addiction," South Korea believes that people are becoming too addicted to their video games. A survey of 1,500 students found that "nearly a third (29.3 percent) showed signs of game addiction, while nearly 40 percent of male students were determined to be addicted."
The country already shuts down the internet automatically at midnight, causing online gaming sessions to be automatically shut down as well. I'm curious to see if this ban on online video games actually works. I certainly hope South Korea conducts a follow-up study on this ban. But don't you worry. You have all night to play your video games. Aren't you lucky!
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