Video games are hazardous to your health!

Website · Post by **brian** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:25 pm

SEOUL (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 Tuesday.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line 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 Aug. 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.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:34 am

I knew there was another reason (besides my ineptness

) why I didn't play these games.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:36 am

I'm still working to master "PONG"!

BevH · Post by **BevH** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:06 am

I like eating and sleeping too much to play for 50 hours straight...

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:39 am

BevH wrote:I like eating and sleeping too much to play for 50 hours straight...

Now there you go!!

Post by **trucker2000** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:01 pm

They are wrong. It isn't the "Playing" that killed him, it was "lack of sleep".

It this were true, (that playing games online would kill you) then all my efforts would be in vain.

Thankfully, it isn't true, so my efforts continue.

Now, it could be that he was playing a "virtual reality war game" and that doesn't count as an online game becouse it seems too true to the brain.

Website · Post by **brian** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:40 pm

You could also conclude from this that not playing video games killed him. He was fine as long as he was playing...

What do you do? What do you do?

Post by **AnneB** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:40 pm

Video games don't make people stupid!

Post by **trucker2000** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:32 pm

Donahoo wrote:Video games don't make people stupid!

So, using Brians analogy, that would translate to "not playing games makes people stupid."

Website · Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:13 am

As a wise captain once said, "The greater the complexity of the mind, the greater the need for play."

BevH · Post by **BevH** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:57 am

Hey, I'm just going by the research that says that keeping your mind active may help prevent Alzheimer's. Now, what was I saying... Hmm... maybe I need to go play a game.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:10 pm

BevH wrote:Hey, I'm just going by the research that says that keeping your mind active may help prevent Alzheimer's. Now, what was I saying... Hmm... maybe I need to go play a game.

Er....why am I on the floor??

Post by **trucker2000** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:54 pm

rolling with laughter?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:33 pm

One tequila, two tequilla, tres teequilda, floor?

BevH · Post by **BevH** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:39 pm

Xjmt wrote:

Er....why am I on the floor??

Um... time to play a game?