Teen gamer dies after 'Diablo 3' binge

[Daphne]

An 18-year-old gamer in Taiwan died after playing the best-selling "Diablo 3" game for forty hours straight.

That's right, the teen spent an entire work week's worth of hours gaming non-stop, collapsed and then died. So reports the Australian Associated Press citing Taiwan's United Daily News as the source of the information.

According to the AP, the teen booked a private room at an Internet cafe in southern Taiwan and then proceeded to play for nearly two days without eating.

An attendant entered the room and found Chuang resting on a table. After the attendant woke him, he stood, took a few steps and then collapsed, the report said. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local hospital.

Sadly, this is not the first time this has happened in Asia where gaming addiction is an ongoing issue.

Back in February, a 23-year-old gamer died after playing a marathon session of "League of Legends" in a New Taipei gaming center. In February of last year, a 30-year-old man died at an Internet cafe outside Bejing after a three-day gaming binge. Back in 2005, a 28-year-old South Korean man died after playing "Starcraft" for 50 hours.

In most cases, the cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Sure, it's easy enough to think this is a problem that happens to other people in other places. But let's admit it -- we've all played a few choice games for too long (I'm lookin' at you "Skyrim"). So let this be a lesson for us all: Gaming is supposed to be an enjoyable pastime, not an uhealthy obsession.

Most importantly, your heart shouldn't get tired of gaming before you do.

[Snowee]

Only 40hours? What a noob :<

[Misalino]

Attributing it to just one 40 hour bout is a bit silly though, people build up to this kind of event months beforehand with their lifestyle and seperate gaming bouts untill their body caves. Moderation, folks!

[Zombiez]

R.I.P he died doing what he loves in the end

[imdasandman]

Sucks... to bad he did it on a game that really has no end game.

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