http://www.vnunet.com/News/1136154 Second gamer dies after massive binge By Nick Farrell [22-10-2002] Victim played for 32 hours non-stop Just days after the first 'internet overdose', another addict has died after a marathon games binge. The 27 year-old Taiwanese man collapsed after playing computer games for 32 hours non-stop. Police confirmed that Lien Wen-cheng started playing at the cyber cafe in Fengyuan in central Taiwan at 10.30pm on Thursday. At 7am on Saturday, a staff member found the man on the floor of the cafe's toilet foaming at the mouth and bleeding from the nose. "They rushed him to hospital but he was already dead," local police said. A police spokesman stated that doctors believe Wen-cheng died from exhaustion, having remained in the same position for too long. The death highlights the danger of such intensive game-playing. Less than 10 days ago, a 24 year-old South Korean man died at an internet cafe in Kwangju, 260km outside Seoul, after playing continuously for 86 hours. Psychologist Peter Watson explained that playing games over prolonged periods without sleep places the body under considerable stress. "Depending on the game, the brain is receiving [the impression] that it is constantly under attack," he said. "We would not expect hardened soldiers to cope with a 32-hour fire fight, and yet some people think they can play these games constantly for long periods of time."
Sounds to me like he pulled a Mia Wallace... They must have some pretty kick ass games over there in the South Pacific...
Last year, I had a binge of Civilization 3 in two days with a 5 hour sleep and a stop to take a shower and buy some fast food. I'm not proud of it, it's just that the time passed more quickly than I realized...
Yeah... I tried to cut down on the time it took with the options it had. Eventually, I walked around my room or watched some TV in between turns. I guess it was the megalomania that hooked me...
i second that!!! i love the whole, "it creates the impression you're being attacked." ummmmm..no. it is just a game...
It's more like that monkey that presses the lever with the mind-altering drugs a hundred times until he collapses from exhaustion. I wonder if gambling addicts that had infinite amounts of money would die similarly.
What is the name of that game that has parents in an uproar, "Everlast" or something. Apparently kids are playing non stop and it's wrecking TONS of lives. Not just a few, but tons.
