Man dies from playing computer games non-stop

[Shao Feng-Li]

I can tell this uy was probably single or was married, or he had no life what so ever and this was his method of suicide.

[uc pseudonym]

I would not be so hard, Ruroken. We cannot assume too much.

He did NOT die from ""Video Games""... Entertainment didn't KILL him. He died of malnutrition and sleep deprivation.

I see your point, but disagree. If someone is shot by a projectile weapon and someone asks how they died, you do not say "He was killed by blood loss and shock" you explain that he was shot. Often the physical causes are less relevant than the reasons for the physical causes.

[Shao Feng-Li]

actually i was merely joking. just irts kinda hard to pitty stupidity like that... but i should be one to talk

[Golden_Griff]

(chuckles) 2 hours, your limit, Golriff(cool nickname alert!)? Wish I had your self-control...I'm a 6PM-6AM nonstop kinda gamer...

Well, actually it's my limit because something of my body begins to get tired: eyes, head, neck, something like that. I always feared those were signs of something major that would happen if I didn't quit what I was doing.

And if I don't stop myself from playing v-games my mom will with her nagging: "Get off that machine and do some work before you catch that 'computer' disease! "

Golriff?...hmm...Gollllllrifffffff.....

I play games as long as I feel like. 5 mins to 5 hrs. But the call of the stomach will always prevail.

I bet we'll be hearing reports and articles about how bad computer games are for ppl now (not like we weren't before, but this time even more!)

Lol, or the "call of nature"

Once I was doing a speech for my Speech class on why video games are not bad but during my research I actually found logical information on the negative effects of video gaming. The information in general didn't exactly mark video games as the source of all evil but rather explained why video gaming should be in moderation (everything from social development to health concerns). It was very ironic to give that speech

Like zilch, I tend to resort to gaming, but also computers, TV, gaming, or sometimes reading a good book when I want to "escape" from reality. When you become a character, you lose sight of your own life, which often feels like a good thing.

That's part of why I like v-games; I get to be a character that have so many more abilities and can do so many more things. I like the idea of adventuring (I'm a rpg/adventure fan) but I'm almost sure that I would never have such an opportunity in real life. So, just as Sony puts it: "Live in your world, play in ours!"