50 hours of gaming can kill you!

Some guy in South Korea died after playing an online FPS game for 50 hours straight (via boingboing). I guess to much of a good thing, can kill you after all.

For one, I'm glad this did not happen here in US. Both Hillary and the Biggest Douche would have a field day over this. We really do not need video game related deaths on top of the hot coffee crap going on.

All I can say here - this guy had issues. I do not think I could actually bear 50 straight hours of gaming - being online or offline. I mean I did spend whole weekends playing games at lan parties when I was in high school - but that's slightly different. You were there with group of friends, you took turns taunting each other, you made beer and pizza runs. In other words - we were not just sitting and playing. It was a social thing - just with allot of quake fortress mixed in :)

Planting yourself alone in front of the computer screen for days on end is no healthy - no matter how you look at it. Still... It seem kinda wimpy to keel over after mere 50 hours. In my undergrad career I went for days without sleep (mostly due to my advanced procrastination skills) but I never died. This guy had to have some pre-existing medical condition. Or he just was dehydrated, weakened by hunger because he forgot to bring food and water.

Tags: fps, gaming, video games, gamer dies, gamming related deaths