More in the future?

http://au.news.yahoo.com/050809/15/vfmc.html

I've seen this happen.

As in your living room or the emergency room?

Student lab in college. Poor kid died of a heart attack. He was Korean too.

I like computer games, but - work and marital commitments aside - I don't think I could do 50 hours. And I never go near any those Class A drugs^H^H^H^H^H games like Everquest.

Me and a friend would do this during summer break of high school - playing Empire on the Atari ST for days straight. Fun times, really. I can't imagine doing it as an adult, though, not to mention that I get bored of things much quicker now.

<<Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games>>

i think that's the saddest part of the article...

might be a good indie movie in this?

1. au.news.yahoo.com really needs to put dates on their articles.

2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/10/man_dies_playing_computer_games/

3. Only 50 hours? What a wimp. That other guy went 86 before he collapsed.

First post seen on another board about this:

Did he win?

It kind of doesn't make that much sense. He must have had some other underlying problems.

50 hours just doesn't seem that long. I want the autopsy

It's a cover up

In the second story, the mother sued Nintendo. I can't decide if that's funny or just ridiculous.

He died doing what he loved to do - how many of us can say that?

He is my hero! If only more of us had that level of dedication to our life's work.

And in his rememberence, I am planning a four-day LAN party.

If video games really can kill, does that mean masturbation also causes bli