Marathon session kills gamer
p2pnet.net News:- A South Korean who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, says Reuters, going on:
“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 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.”
ATaegu provincial police official is quoted as saying death was presumed to be down to heart failure “stemming from exhaustion”.
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Reuters – S.Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games, August 9, 2005
