Death By Internet
The Sydney Morning Herald recently ran an article titled “Death By Internet” (15 March 2008). The article stated that at least 8 players have died during marathon online gaming sessions. One man died after 86 hours non stop gaming, another after 50 hours. Apparently players forget to eat, sleep, move and drink for hours at a time. Deaths have been due to heart attacks and DVT’s caused by the hours of inactivity.
A few weeks ago I would have shaken my head in disbelief at this article. Now, with my own experience of “internet time” the story grabbed my attention. Hopefully, I won’t need the specialised counselling services established for just this problem in South Korea. But I now understand how the problem could arise. I’m getting hooked on this “online stuff”.
