Look up the gaokao test (link).

Basically this is the only test that matters in your whole student career. And if you don’t do better than millions of other kids on this test, it’s easier to go to university in another country than in China. It’s technically possible to retake it but very rare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaokao

Just that in terms of Looking Glass pedigree it’s a thread that still exists. Paul Neurath is there too.

Warren Spector’s studio just released thick as thieves which is a multiplayer im-sim

Pretty sure his breakout film was What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

The Canada-region app stores like Apple or Android would be unwilling to let you download the app if the law passes. So without sideloading, it just wouldn’t be accessible.