August 9, 2005

What a way to go...

From Reuters/UK comes word of a Mr. Lee who used to live in South Korea. Unfortunately, the good Mr. Lee is no longer among the living -- the cause of his demise?
S.Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
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 café, authorities said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafé in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said.

Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line games on August 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.

"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 café.

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

He died a few minutes later, it said.
Emphasis mine. Talking about needing to get a life only this time it's a bit too late... Posted by DaveH at August 9, 2005 3:34 PM
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