Chinese man dies from too much gaming
Three days is all it took. Seventy two hours….of staring at a monitor. Then… kaput. The guy keeled over.
Remember when I said that the Asians must be doing something right? Here’s an obvious case of it. So far, there’s been minimal casualties but for the most part, it’s always been concentrated in Asia. Usually a MMO game was involved. Having seen many of the MMO games released there, it’s a wonder that anyone can tear themselves away to eat, drink, or sleep. Although, I’m not certain how this guy didn’t manage to pass out on his keyboard from exhaustion before just keeling over.
This also is a reason why the Chinese government will soon be imposing restrictions on the amount of gaming minors can play.
Makes you wonder about HiPiHi, China’s answer to Second Life. Could it be so awesome, so fascinating, that people will forego nourishment and sleep? Maybe so.
So word of warning. No matter how wonderful your virtual world is, you really still need to exit out every so often and catch a few winks and eat some cold pizza, before going back in. And no, an IV drip doesn’t count!
September 17th, 2007 • 
Darius Sartre • 
comment | September 17, 2007 at 13:52 | individual comment-link
Ah, yet another victim of gaming
. Soon gaming is gonna become cause of death number 1 in this world, it’s still surprising to see though that most deaths occur not at home but in internet cafe’s.
Are those places opened 24/7 without any restriction on usage or something? Here internet cafe’s close over night and if you’d be sitting there for a long time they sometimes already come asking whether you shouldn’t get something to eat or so for a change.
comment | May 9, 2009 at 00:21 | individual comment-link
ya games are very addivtive i used to play WOW sometimes without eating and just drinking tall cans of Monsters to stay awake becouse i didnt sleep n still went to work like that but good thing i my net broke down cuz if not i would of had to go to the hospital.