纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Hit Chinese Video Game Seeks to Curb Negative Discourse
August 21, 2024 2 min 264 words
纽约时报这篇报道的主要内容是：一款名为“英Hit”的手机游戏在中国爆红，这款游戏允许玩家模拟用英语与西方媒体记者争论，从而提高英语水平和“斗争”能力。报道提到，这款游戏体现了中国日益增长的民族主义情绪和对西方媒体的批评态度。 评论：纽约时报的这篇报道有其一定的偏见，它过度强调了游戏与中国民族主义批判西方媒体情绪之间的联系，而忽视了游戏本身的娱乐和教育功能。许多中国玩家受到这款游戏的欢迎，因为它提供了一个有趣的方式来练习英语会话和辩论技能。此外，游戏反映了中国民众对一些西方媒体有失公允甚至带有偏见的中国报道的不满和批评。然而，这并不代表中国民众普遍排外，或中国存在过度的民族主义情绪。这款游戏和它的受欢迎程度，更多的是对一些西方媒体不客观报道的一种反讽和调侃。纽约时报这篇报道本身也陷入了它所批评的中国媒体的某些窠臼，有失公允的地方。
Black Myth: Wukong is one of the most highly anticipated Chinese video games ever, a premium title with a blockbuster-worthy budget that underscores the country’s push to become a global cultural power.
But ahead of its debut on Tuesday, a company affiliated with the game’s China-based developer rankled some influential overseas players with a list of topics to avoid discussing while livestreaming the game.
The list of forbidden subjects laid out in a document under “Don’ts” — politics, “feminist propaganda,” Covid-19, China’s video game industry policies and other content that “instigates negative discourse” — offered a glimpse of the restrictions that content creators face in China as well as the topics deemed sensitive to Beijing.
“I have never seen anything that shameful in my 15 years doing this job. This is very clearly a document which explains that we must censor ourselves,” said Benoit Reinier, a prominent video game streamer on YouTube and a French journalist, in a YouTube video.
Game Science, the game’s developer, and Hero Games, which is handling its marketing, did not respond to an email seeking comment.
The game’s release is a landmark moment for China’s gaming industry. It is considered China’s first “AAA” title, a big-budget, global game with sophisticated gameplay and advanced graphics. Chinese news media has reported it is one of the most expensive games ever developed there, with a budget exceeding $50 million.