50 Hour Gaming Marathons Kill!

[Lee-yoshi]

http://specialreserve.co.uk/n_3519-news....05&afset=1

After having recently joyfully proclaimed that research done by nerdy scientist types revealed computer games to actually be good for you, it now appears that, tragically, every up has a downside, as we learn that a gamer has died after a marathon 50 hour gaming session.

With all the recent wild game-related stories coming from the area - a clinic opened for online gaming addiction, divorce custody battles for online games accounts, even murder over the theft of a virtual dagger - it's perhaps unsurprising that this unfortunate death occurred in Asia. The 28-year-old South Korean man, identified only by his family name Lee, played games almost non-stop (breaking only to go to the toilet and take brief naps) for 50 hours in an Internet cafe in Taegu. Lee seemingly had an obsession with gaming, as he is reported to have recently quit his job so that he could spend more time playing games. When he failed to return to his home, his mother asked former work colleagues to try and find him. They finally located him at the cafe, where Lee told them he would finish his game and go home. He died just a short while later.

The South Korean police believe that the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion. If University researchers in Nottingham can do studies that show gaming can be of benefit to health, it clearly still stands that too much of anything can be a bad thing. The online gaming industry in Korea is enormous, but this tragic death maybe suggests that some of the pile of money being made could be put towards instilling into gamers that just a little restraint could make a lot of difference. Sad.

Well OMG! Wonder what he was playing... You think some people go over the top sometimes? :S

[Judgment]

*dies*

[Sebastian]

... i knew that for a while now... or maybe it was someone different.

*plays BB for 12 hours straight and dies* *looks at judgments avvy and dies again from overdose of pwnzness*...

[ChiuBug]

Stupidity prevails over all else! He gets a Darwin Award.

[Moonwraith]

People posted about this on the official boards, too.

50 hours non-stop, though... just goes to show you just how seriously they take their games over there, though.

[ChiuBug]

Hmmm... I'm going to try and go for 60 hours! Gonna beat the record!! JK.

But still, that's just crazy.

[Lee-yoshi]

It is, its unbelivable how mad the Chinese are with their MMO's! They've setup gaming clinics to give help to those addicted to video games for crying out loud!

You know where the business is though - Im gonna get over there and open my own Internet Cafe and itll pWn!

[ChiuBug]

Actually, the Chinese aren't addicted to gaming. It's Hong Kong and Japan. I'm Chinese and I would know. And I'm here for vacation. No one really plays games 'cause of schoolwork. Oh well. Good idea, though.

[Serpent7]

o.O He won too btw.

[SoundMasterLuku]

i guess it was said he was playing starcraft but COMON THIS IS FREAKING PATHETIC