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."

Comments

Re:Oh no

[cicatrix1]

if you still find Q3A fun, I'm surprised you haven't died from staring at your hamster go around in his wheel. Or... maybe going around in your own.

Re:In other news...

[Hrothgar The Great]

We're going to ban all computer games because playing them can lead to death. Now that would be very 'liberal,' don't you think?

Yes.

Re:This is quite sad actually

[Alpha_Nerd]

Yes, it may be sad. But why should any of us care?? There are over 6 billion people on this earth, and millions die everyday... I don't have time to care for everyone.

And there's nothing wrong with finding some humomr is somthing that is tragic =/

Re:I'm sure...

[superyooser]

I would prefer not to discuss a person's death in such an irreverent manner, but since you've decided to take the discussion down this path, I'd like to correct you on a point of science.

I think you really mean to say that it's natural selection at work, not evolution. However, even that would be wrong.

Natural selection is a separate proposition from evolution. Because of natural selection, genetic information is not available to later generations of organisms. It is removed, not added.

Idiotic hypotheses die all the time. It's "natural selection" at work.

Re:Oh no

[matt4077]

just open the door fuckin energy wasting american