It’s widely known that South Korea has a massive population of hardcore video gamers. But it still came as a shock to the country back in March, when an infant starved to death because her parents were too busy playing internet games to take care of her. This incident caused the government to rethink video game addiction and its effect on society, and as a result they have implemented a curfew on internet gaming from midnight through 8AM for all school aged children. The government has already asked game providers to use citizen’s national identity numbers as a way to monitor users who are children that are playing after hours.…
