Of course, 50 hours of Lara Croft could wear a man out...
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| Man dies after playing computer games for 50 hours |
| 2005-08-09 |
| SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing online battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said. Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line games on August 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go to the toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed, they said. "We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone. Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff at the Internet cafe. After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues to find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the game and then go home, the paper reported. He died a few minutes later, it said. South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry. |
| Posted by:Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World |
| #7 Come back here you little weasel! |
| Posted by: Kim 2005-08-09 15:43 |
| #6 ...Lee had been playing online battle simulation games at the cybercafe... Of course, 50 hours of Lara Croft could wear a man out... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-09 15:40 |
| #5 What would Noam Chomsky do?? |
| Posted by: MACOFROMOC 2005-08-09 13:50 |
| #4 Wow--I want to thank this brave pioneer for his contributions to society! From now on, I'll know to take a break when I reach the 40-hour mark. Yep, that's me--standing on the shoulders of giants! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-08-09 13:28 |
| #3 Computer games. Why do they.......? |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-09 12:25 |
| #2 I heard of a similar case some time back. They really need to start teaching kids at school to be wary of computer games just as they are of drugs, alcohol, gambling and some of the other vices out there. The guy's parents must be mortified. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-08-09 12:24 |
| #1 Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff at the Internet cafe. Now somebody will blame games, but people that are this messed up would have found something else to be a lunatic over. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-08-09 11:24 |