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Gaming Addiction Leads To Death

September 18, 2007 by Jack Steiner 2 Comments

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This is the second story that I know of in which gaming lead to a person dying. Sometimes you need to turn off the computer and go for a walk.

BEIJING, China (AP) — A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge, state media said Monday.

The 30-year-old man fainted at a cyber cafe in the city of Guangzhou Saturday afternoon after he had been playing games online for three days, the Beijing News reported.

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  1. Jack's Shack says

    September 21, 2007 at 3:25 pm

    I bet.

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  2. Miriam L says

    September 19, 2007 at 6:33 pm

    I get pretty obsessed playing Literati on Yahoo games.

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