[littlestymaar]

Video games from the 90s were actually pleasant as a kid, and I'm happy to see my kids enjoying them today rather than the slot machines that the industry makes for kids these days…

(Unfortunately I'm well aware that it won't last long, because social pressure is impossible to fight at individual scale)

[Ritewut]

Social pressure is much easier to fight than you think but it involves being an active parent and letting your kids invite friends over to play. Most parents are not willing or are unable to do take that active role for one reason or another.

[immibis]

it would also be easier if, like, social media was banned for kids

[Ritewut]

You could be a parent or let the state parent for you.

[littlestymaar]

Sorry to disappoint you, but from ten years old onwards your kids spend way more time socializing with other members of Society than with their parents, and there's no way around that, so I'd rather live in a society where kids aren't being abused by harmful businesses (be then booze or social media makers).

The State is just the democratically organized emanation of Society. And believe it or not, humans are social animals.

[astrobe_]

Totally on-topic, because 20th century video games were mainly single-player or 2-4 players in the same room. Multiplayer games were "social" in a different way.