Dying Love for Video Games

 

Over the past couple of years there have been several articles talking about the deaths of gamers. These gamers don't die from car crashes or murder, but from excessive periods of time playing  videogames without taking a break! These deaths can be prevented simply by getting up and taking a break from the computer screen or controller.

 

One of the most recent articles talks about a male who died playing League of Legends in an internet café. According to the article, "Reportedly, Rong-yu was sitting upright in his chair with his hands still on the keyboard. While his death was most likely caused by an underlying condition, extenuating circumstances may have included the cold temperatures in the building and a lack of movement from Rong-yu staying perfectly still for long periods of time can cause blood clots." The other gamers in the café did not notice for nine hours that he was dead. This reveals how focused and addicted someone can get on gaming.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/720522/gamer-dies-while-playing-league-of-legends-in-cafe-no-one-notices-for-9-hours/

 

The next case deals with one of the most sold pc games of all time, Diablo 3. This article blew up in the gaming community. The gamer was said to have gone on a 40 hour gaming marathon of Diablo 3. One can only imagine the craziness of sitting, and right-clicking for 40 hours! It is said that the 18 year old gamer rose and took only a few steps before collapsing dead.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/18/taiwanese-gamer-dies-diablo-iii_n_1682600.html

 

The next article talks about two victims and their untimely death involving the Xbox 360. Chris Staniforth of age 20 died from a blood clot that traveled from his calves to his heart. The autopsy reported that it may have been from the twelve hour session of his Xbox. Chris's dad stated that he would stay up all hours of the night playing. He died from what they call thrombosis. According to the article,"Thrombosis occurs when someone sits immobile for long periods of time;it occasionally happens to passengers of international flights, where the hours in air are extended. If the blood clot travels to the lungs, it can be fatal." Chris had suffered a similar death.

The article also briefly talked about a thirteen year old girl who had also died as she was gaming on her Xbox 360. Ana-Lee Kehoe, the victim, would play constantly during her summer break. The article reports that she had called out to her mother about having trouble breathing as she collapsed.

http://redmondpost.com/2011/07/britain-man-dies-due-to-playing-xbox-for-twelve-straight-hours/