Chinese state media call video games 'spiritual opium.' Kids today should play pinball (yes, pinball) - NewsBreak
By Merima in Technology
Updated 3 years ago
Visitors play at pinball machines during the video games trade fair Gamescom in Cologne, western Germany, on August 21, 2019. By INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images. Anyone who has witnessed a semi-catatonic teen playing a video game might agree with a recent stock market-moving assessment from China that the electronic medium is a form of "spiritual opium."