Oriental Magazine: How To "riot" online games

The standard of violence, is gradually become strict, such as the previous series "The Kingdoms", the head landing is very common, but now is not the "Oriental weekly" special contributors Li Group, Wang Gang, reporter Shute |　　Beijing reported large-scale online games "World of Warcraft", after more than 50 days stop running, in a few weeks ago again online Beta.　　During the shutdown, the press and publication administration approved the application for the introduction of World of Warcraft to the Shanghai Easy Company and reviewed the content. Online on the day, the mainland five jungle Ranger Rahx surprised to find that the game with blood, bone-related image is replaced, skull head also disappeared.　　All the abilities represented by the head of the skull become abstract, mysterious boxes, boxes. These changes, the junior players feel fresh and interesting, and some old players are not accustomed to. RAHX example: "Before ' the Sorcerer's etching ' icon, a spore-like icon, suggestive of its biological characteristics, but now turned into a box; ' The skull of Hex ', formerly marked with the head of the troll, is now changed into a box. He felt that this modification seemed to have lost some of the concepts and logic of the game, "too abstract."　　On the Internet, it is called the New World of Warcraft as the "box of Worlds." In the game of fighting, the screen will not gush out the red blood. "If the 2007 amendment is not a bone, then this amendment will not even see the blood," he said.　　"Rahx said. After approval by the General Administration of Press and publication, the patterns of terror that manifested the mutilation of the body and suggested the separation of the biological tissue were removed.　　Even the narrative text in the game has been carefully modified, some of the words contain provocative, violence to stimulate the association's vocabulary disappeared, in rahx words, become "genteel." In the "World of Warcraft" modification, the Ministry of Culture recently investigated a group of network games involving the theme of "Gang".　　Including the group's SNS Web site---Network, mop nets, happy net are involved in them, they are ordered to delete the Web page "Ancient Confused", "Rivers and lakes", "Godfather" and other plug-ins. As a popular online game among young people, how does the authorities get approval and daily monitoring?　　Recently, the Ministry of Culture and the Department of Press and Publication Department of the relevant departments, to the reporter detailed its measures and the deep consideration behind.　　Bleeding's not going to work. Press and publication department related Personage told this newspaper reporter, the network game has the publication all characteristics, is has the ideological attribute the special commodity, is not the general cultural entertainment product. In order to ensure the health and safety of the content of online game publications, the National Press and publication Administration organizes the review of game content review experts according to the approval procedure. Up to now, the national press and publication Administration has approved the introduction of more than 200 kinds of imported online games, of which more than 170 kinds of online games involving national security, foreign affairs, Ethnic Relations, bloody violence, obscene pornography, including the function of bad-inducing gamesA total of more than 2,500 content, has made the deletion, the responsibility its modification processing. specifically to "World of Warcraft", the Press and publication Administration is responsible for importing games introduced by the science and Technology and Digital Publishing division, Director of Network Publishing management, Song Jiannue said in the content review, experts found that the introduction of the "World of Warcraft" game has violence, blood, horror and other unhealthy content, mainly in two aspects: first, including violence, terror , cruelty and other elements that hinder the physical and mental health of minors.　　For example, individual task settings require the player to chop head or take the heart to submit, or require the head to be inserted on a spear in the designated place after the display to complete the task; There are non-plot needs of the body, fork corpse, such as cruel, horror scenes, in the performance of the player using weapons attack "human beings", rendering blood spatter effect. Second, contains a detailed description of the lethal, disabling bacteria "weapons" production process, easy to induce minors to imitate violations of social morality and criminal behavior.　　such as the "New Plague" released by the Royal Society of Pharmacists, "suffering medicaments", "Pain medicaments", "bitterness medicaments", involves teaches the player how to carry On "the sample extraction" to the plague germ, then "extracts the virus", "The Living Experiment (human body)", "The Secret Poison", "the massive dissemination" and so on. Completely westernized things must be changed "World of Warcraft" from late June to submit approval, in mid-July, the press and Publication department will review the problems and changes to the report to the reporting unit.　　For nearly one months, many players feel that this period of time is too long. In response, Song Jiannue responded that this is actually according to the procedure, according to the administrative License law, has 20 working days of approval time, as well as 60 working days on the content review time. This is true of all import games, and World of Warcraft is no exception. If the reporting unit has processed the contents of the game and declared it, the time for review will be quicker. Review of the game, the Department reviewed the content of the issue, the return of the reporting unit changes.　　This modification process is not counted in the approval time limit. He says changes to the filing unit sometimes take several rounds, which make the player feel longer. This is because the reporting unit modifies the content and requires an understanding of the process. "What is violence?" is a punch bleeding to calculate violence, or a punch out of the pit to calculate violence? The word ' play ', as a violent word, needs to be displayed in the game. Shanghai network easily without the source code of the game, the completion of the changes required by the U.S. company's programmers to complete, the declaration unit to let the U.S. side of the amendment requirements to understand in place is not easy. Song Jiannue said, "From this point of view, the original ability is critical, otherwise, Chinese companies can only controlled." "In the re-approval of the World of Warcraft access, Song Jiannue highlighted cultural differences." "Games are thought-minded and ideological. He said, "completely westernized things can not be directly brought over, must be modified." "The definition of violence, for example, is the controversial part of the review." Song Jiannue that the tolerance of violence in Chinese traditional culture is relatively high. "Like in classical fiction,, Zhang Fei's spear a stab, put a man pierced, and then such as Wu Song Blood Wash Mandarin House. Writing is so written, but the network game how to behave, this is more complicated. "The Publication Management Ordinance and the Law on the protection of minors have restrictions on blood and violence, which correspond to these laws, and the press and publication administration has more specific standards." "Can not have dismembered behavior and screen, such as head can not fall, hand can not be dismembered, legs can not be cut." Social public tolerance of violence is gradually becoming stricter, such as the previous series "The Kingdoms of the", the head landing is common, but not now.　　Song Jiannue explained. Central high-level attention to online games according to the new three-set program, the Ministry of Culture is the network game industry authorities, is responsible for "in the use of imported Internet literature products Content review", the content of online games and day-to-day operation of the supervision.　　Within the Ministry of Culture, the Department of Marketing and Culture is responsible for specific work. Ministry of Culture related to the reporter introduced to this newspaper, the Ministry of Culture on the management of online games mainly from three aspects. The first is the subject admittance, all network game enterprises operating in China must obtain the operational qualification; second, content review, the foreign network game products operating in China must be approved by the Ministry of Culture online game content Review Committee, in line with Chinese laws, regulations and basic social morals, in order to operate in China; third, day-to-day supervision,　　Supervise and manage the operation behavior, marketing, consumer rights and interests protection of the network game enterprise.　　Recently banned a number of gangs online games, behind the Ministry of Culture, the Department of Marketing and Cultural power. In an interview, Thousand Oak Group said that the mob theme game is not their original, just imitate the American SNS website Facebook more fiery game plug-in "mobs". However, these games have aroused the attention of the central government.　　Ministry of Culture Inspection department director Chen Tong told "Hope Oriental Weekly", July 20, the Ministry of Culture received the central leadership instructions, 4 days after the Ministry of Culture issued a notice was banned.　　Investigate and punish the reason, one is unapproved, illegal operation, the second is the content violates the state existing laws and regulations, for example "Internet culture management Temporary regulation" 17th Article fourth section prohibits the propaganda violence, abetting the crime. Where is the harm of gangster games? Chen Tong that these games are to praise the underworld, "the more illegal things to do the more full, evil things to show the more fully, the higher the ranking." Also set up a homicide list. These are contrary to our moral and legal systems. In real life, the higher your test scores, or the more you do, the more you do your best, the more you rank first.　　Daiju, director of the Network Culture Division of the Department of Culture and Marketing, these games are not only the impact on the virtual world, for netizens thought, behavior will also have a deep impact, may cause imitation, "in the game when the boss of the link, only brothers, no right and wrong, no moral bottom line, see who Killed who." "Minors are not strong judgment, long time to play the game, will be ' desensitization ' of violent behavior." "Daiju explained,"If the long-term addiction to the gang game, the social morality will not allow things to numb, in dealing with interpersonal relationships may be biased, which for the growth of minors harm is very large. The Ministry of Culture is not the first to investigate such online games. Daiju introduced, the Ministry of Culture has investigated 6 batches of illegal game products.　　The law enforcement of the Ministry of Culture is based on the decision of the State Council to set administrative permission for administrative examination and approval matters (NO. 412 order of the State Council) and the interim provisions on Internet culture management.　　The 6 batches of online games have been investigated on the list, there are suspected to promote obscenity, gambling, violence and other illegal content of the "blood-sucking Ryan II", "Thriller Space", "AV Mahjong", "The Ultimate Assassin 2: Silent Killer", "Fear killer" and so on. Daiju said that the content of the Ministry of Culture review, as long as the compliance with China's laws and regulations and social public morals, can be passed. In 2004, the Ministry of Culture issued the "on the strengthening of online game content review notice", and according to the April 2009 "further strengthen the content of online games review Work Bulletin", the Ministry of Culture has established a set of norms, including a content Review declaration Web site, enterprises through the electronic Declaration, the Ministry of Culture for Online　　And publicize the results of the review.　　How the classification system is being studied gang theme games there is no such big opposition and resistance on Facebook in the United States, because Facebook must be an adult to register, and there is no question of violence against minors. World of Warcraft also has an age rating in the United States. In Western countries, the classification system is very common, not only literary works, film and television works have, the game also has relevant provisions.　　For example, Rockstar's variety of games involving violence is the highest in the west. But there are obvious problems in implementing the grading system in China.　　For example, if a grading system is established, many games for adults will no longer be modified in accordance with the criteria for protecting minors. Song Jiannue said that the implementation of the grading system, should carefully study and evaluate its feasibility. He said the press and publication administration is already studying the issue. "At this stage, this can only be a kind of thinking, there is no feasibility, to find a good way to implement, not brain fever, simple copy of the West, to take into account China's actual conditions." He believes that it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the current law enforcement capabilities of the cultural market as well as the social public's psychological endurance to the publication classification. "The desire to grade is good, but legislation, law enforcement, management and the corresponding publicity and education work to keep up, or first, otherwise, will cause the content of the original is not suitable for young people, because the grade, all of a sudden spread out, the result is worse than not grading." ”