Sep 17 2007

Death by computer game

Published by Karlin at 7:07 pm under general weirdness

This is one of the weirder stories I have seen in a while. Three consecutive days of playing computer games at an internet cafe in China apparently caused the death (from exhaustion) of this man.

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2 Responses to “Death by computer game”

  1. James says:
    September 18, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    This has happened a few times over the past couple of years in South Korea and elsewhere in Asia. Once you start climbing the ladder in Warcraft III and other games, you need to keep playing or you might slip in the rankings. These guys live inside 24-hour net cafes, constantly under stress and extremely tense/excited and it puts a lot of strain on the heart.

  2. Foo Tun Xiang says:
    November 8, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Should this happen to people again, get counseled. Or play with other people until 4 am in your own country (the best way is counseling).

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