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GameToo Much...... And Die!
A 24-year-old South Korean man died after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours, police said yesterday. The jobless man, identified by police only by his last name Kim, was found dead at an Internet cafe in Kwangju, 260 kilometres southwest of Seoul, they said.
Quoting witnesses, police detective Oh Myong-sik in Kwangju said the man had been virtually glued to the computer since late last Friday and had no decent sleep and meals. The man collapsed in front of the counter early yesterday but soon regained consciousness. He then went to the toilet where he later was found dead, the police officer said. Initial investigation ruled out the possibility of murder, police said. An autopsy was planned.
Source Article can be found in The Sydney Morning Herald
In related gaming news: sam_handelman writes "In an article on the front page of the online edition, (free reg required) the new york times takes a rather negative look at the rise of broadband gaming in South Korea. The author, Howard W French, is a Times staff writer, with a background in staggering human tragedy, which may help to explain why he thinks my hobby is an epidemic. There was a wired article about Korean broadband (summary: they have lots), which we already discussed."
Wha? I wasn't saying games kill... We all have a funny story about a time we were locked in deathmatch battle and nearly peed ourselves because we didn't want to leave to go to the bathroom. However none of us have sat at our computer playing for 80+ hours straight. Games were just the rather fortunate instrument of this guy's demise, he died because he was dumb. My point was abundantly apparent to anyone who wasn't... uhm... "uninformed".
Parent poster is the suspect! See if he has that kid's ear!
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That depends... Do you consider being born a minority, a "mistake"?
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