Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 1:58pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/8888579/

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing online 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 online games on Aug. 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.

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"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.

Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff at the Internet cafe.

After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues to find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the game and then go home, the paper reported.

He died a few minutes later, it said.

South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 2:26pm

The thing that kills me (pardon the pun), is that he quit his job so he could play more games. A lot of good that did.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 2:42pm

Mission accomplished. He had a whole lot of time to play games.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:06pm

I'll bet he drank 500 sodas while playing, and that's what killed him. How much did he weigh?

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:11pm

Is this worthy of a Darwin Award?

[Plum]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:17pm

This doesn't have the flash of, say, lighting a cow fart on fire, but I'd say it qualifies.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:32pm

It's not colossally stupid enough for a Darwin. To be eligible, one must do something so unbelievably stupid (like trying to tip a free Coke out of a vending machine and being crushed under it when it tips over) that it goes beyond all reason. Playing video games for 50 hours is unwise and a waste of time, but not unbelievably stupid.

Updated On: 8/11/05 at 03:32 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:35pm

Doing anything for 50 hours if you have another choice is pretty stupid if you ask me.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:40pm

I'm with Plum. And I love her use of "flash" in that earlier post.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:43pm

Doing anything for 50 hours if you have another choice is pretty stupid if you ask me.

Unless it's hot sex.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:45pm

Now that would be a fun headline:

Man Dies After 50 Hours of Hot Sex

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:51pm

Rose, your example of a Darwin cracked me up!

[DoogieB]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 5:01pm

Hmm..disturbing.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 6:42pm

Intriguing Plum...

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 7:35pm

I heard that on the radio. My dad was awkwardly laughing.

[DoogieB]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:19am

Leno made a crack about it tonight. A fairly un-funny joke, too.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:31am

Ahh but when one says "Leno", must one REALLY go through the trouble of putting "unfunny" in the same sentence? Aren't you just overemphasizing the obvious?

[broadway betty]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:41am

CS-Leno, unfunny, you took the words right out of my mouth.

*makes not to never play video games for 50 hours straight*

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:05pm

oh my god...that is really very sad.

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:12pm

wow this is quite disturbing..

[Craig]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:13pm

I fear the day we hear that someone passed on after 50 consecutive hours of posting on bww

[zepka102]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:13pm

Craig, you beat me to it... grr!




i think we should take this as a warning

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:15pm

craig you kick ass. haha. i love it.

[Craig]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:16pm

Not to sound snarky - but I will..

Do you think the people at the other end of the game had any idea while they were screaming out "die! die!" during the game had any idea...???

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:16pm

Word has just come out that the man isn't dead.

He got an extra life from collection coins on level 3.