With the success of “Black Myth” and a new generation of parents who grew up playing video games, China has leveled up its understanding of gaming. But traditional beliefs may be hard to break.
When Qi Jingwen (pseudonym), a mother of two, noticed her 11-year-old firstborn glued to the phone screens of older kids, watching them play the popular shooting game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), she knew it was time to step in. A police officer in Ordos, a small city in China’s Inner Mongolia region, Qi has never been a fan of mobile games—for her, they bring to mind colleagues getting scolded for gaming on the job, yet still unable to quit. “If adults can’t even control themselves, it’s even more dangerous for the kids,” she says.
But instead of lecturing her son about the dangers of gaming, Qi surprised him with a Nintendo Switch console loaded with The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Odyssey, and Ring Fit Adventure.
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