Today's Takeaway - A 23 year-old dies in an Internet café while gaming
It happens about once a year now maybe more, but the act of playing a video game can actually kill people. There are always extenuating circumstances surrounding it, but the fact remains that another person has died due to sitting in an Internet Café and gaming until they have nothing left. Last week in New Taipei City, a 23 year old man was found dead after going unnoticed for 9 hours. Two factors contributed to his death, a pre-existing heart condition and the low temperatures of his surroundings. This combined with a lack of movement and exhaustion resulted in a heart attack. All because he couldn't stop playing League of Legends.
Now this isn’t any worse than the man who died mysteriously from playing Diablo II or the 30 year old who died after a 72-hour binge. I will say this is much less worse than those two idiots from 2 years ago who 'accidently' killed their real baby, while raising a virtual one. It is all the same though and leads back to addiction. Everyone needs to take a step back and realize that addiction can be very dangerous. Addiction has the negative connotation it does, because true addicts are willing to sacrifice everything to feed their vice.
Now I will be the first to admit I might play too many games (as if that were even possible), but I try to never let it interfere with reality. I don’t really play MMOs anymore, because I tend to become obsessed without an in-game resolution. I try to keep gaming sessions around the two hour mark, though I usually break my own rules come the weekend. When I know it has been too long, I go play with the dog, walk around the block, or strum a few chords. I try to do anything to exercise a different part of my brain and unplug. Life is about balance and it is unsettling to see that someone so young may never get a chance to figure that out. Enjoy your video games, but then enjoy everything else life has to offer. There is a whole world out there and I want every g1 out there to be a part of it, for as long as possible.
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
FAWCUNPAWNCH
Gaming has to be restricted,more for some than for others,and this proves it.But the story that dragged the most attention from me was that american couple who were playing WoW,and completely forgot about their baby.(disturbing)when they went to see the baby,he was dead from dehydration,and burned in his own urine.
Doctorblurg
While I can sit in my chair and zone out of my Xbox for hours I can break myself away to eat text and other things than games this is a serious issue though especially in south korea
WestCoastGamer92
"Too many games"
I played over 250 gamesa, I came out vust dine.dfghm,
Zarxce
"Today's Takeaway" haha I get it. It's funny because the coroner literally had to take his body away.
And protip for the G1s: Do what Sean suggests and go for a walk around the block. Take 20-30 minutes and just listen to sidescrollers on your iPod while you do so. You'll feel great AND be entertained while doing so. You're supposed to give your consoles/comps a break every now and then anyways.
Blarlar
Bad stuff happens where I live, though :< Also, it's like 90 degrees.
skugglerthrash
damn that does suck but that nigga shoulda got him some pussy. death by nerdness
DaRuckus
Your Comment was inappropriate but it made me laugh lol.
skugglerthrash
your welcome
DarthNocturnal
I have the opposite in that I can't even be bothered to play games sometimes. Or if I do, I easily get discouraged and/ or frustrated and quit after 5-10 minutes, when I intended to play for say, 30 minutes to an hour. Sometimes it isn't an issue, but its really annoying when you haven't beaten Donkey Kong Country Returns after owning it for a year because one slightly harder part gets you down, and you refuse to move on to Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Skyward Sword because, well, you want to beat Donkey Kong Country Returns. And I have other examples, like the Challenge Dungeons in Final Fantasy IV After Years starting to come across as a hassle due to high enemy encounter rates and how you have to go through them over and over, but I WANT to at least get the Adamantite from each... I had more devotion/ resolve a year or more ago...
But even back then, I don't remember really playing for huge marathon sessions. Plus when I do something for too long, I feel like I've gotten stuck in a loop, and my brain feels weird. Not in a "I feel sick" way mind you. But I doubt I'd ever play to the point where I actually get sick/ exhausted, let alone die.
KingSigy
Considering my life consists of nothing else, I'm probably in danger of becoming like this. Video games are such a huge part of my life blood, though, that I don't even know what else to do with myself.