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Who killed love? A video game plays to male resentment in China
Debates surrounding Revenge On Gold Diggers reveal deep-seated Chinese male unhappiness and broader socioeconomic anxieties about love, marriage and financial security.
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A popular and contentious game, Revenge on Gold Diggers, sheds light on misogyny, inequality and the feeling among many men that they are economic victims.
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A deliveryman falls for a female live-streamer. She seduces him, drains his savings, then vanishes. Heartbroken, he reinvents himself as a successful businessman seeking revenge on women like her.
This is the plot of Revenge On Gold Diggers, one of the most popular and contentious video games in China.
