You may be risking your life by playing video games

[AlphaWolf]

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/10/09/2326221.shtml?tid=127

Honestly I don't know how anybody can sit anywhere for 83 hours :happy:

 

[iq_132]

It probably wasn't exactly from playing the games, it was probably more from the not eating or drinking.

 

[Eagle]

I rather like some of the quotes below the story.

If the guy puts in a quarter quick enough, he may be able to resume where he left Earth...

...I mean off.

With the winter coming, and only me and quake 3 at home I might be next.

Oh well, worse ways to go.

Medevo

Re:Oh no (Score:5, Funny)
If you have an Athlon, at least you won't have to worry about freezing to death.

 

[AlphaWolf]

It probably wasn't exactly from playing the games, it was probably more from the not eating or drinking.

Damn, I don't think any of us would have ever guessed that, you know cletus, your a pretty smart guy!

 

[iq_132]

It probably wasn't exactly from playing the games, it was probably more from the not eating or drinking.

Damn, I don't think any of us would have ever guessed that, you know cletus, your a pretty smart guy!

I guessed pretty well for not having even read the story now didn't I? Hmmm...


The title of your thread "You may be risking your life by playing video games" sounds a lot like your Xbox, Gamecube, or PS2 is going to irradiate your brain or something.

 

[AlphaWolf]

hehe I do go too far...but you gotta admit, that was pretty obvious.

 

[iq_132]

Yeah... I was thinking it was another story I read a while ago that a guy died while playing his nintendo or something and they weren't sure of why...

I went back and read the story and felt kind of dumb.

 

[Josep]

what game was THAT guy playing is all i wanna know

 

[iq_132]

Probably GTA3... that game is damn addictive.

 

[Lachp30]

Probably one of his eyeballs exploded due to eye strain from screen with resulted in internal bleeding...

 

[Allnatural]

I died once after playing Yoshi's Story for a mere 36 hours straight. It was an effort to get myself to like it, I was trying to figure out why so many fuss over it. Now I'm dead. Hello from the afterlife!:thumbsup:

 

[adi]

most for me is about 2 hours. then i get bored. in fact i havent played a game for over 10 minutes in the last month, im still waiting for my gamecube to arrive......

 

[vampireuk]

one less idiot polluting the gene pool

 

[Jaz]

What is the longest period of time you have ever spent playing a game?

My mates and I played Cruis'n World (I love that game!) in 4-player for 16 hours once!

 

[AlphaWolf]

one less idiot polluting the gene pool

now your speaking my language

...but the question is...is that a good thing? :devil:

 

[DuDe]

What is the longest period of time you have ever spent playing a game?

My mates and I played Cruis'n World (I love that game!) in 4-player for 16 hours once!

Seven and a half hours of Phantasmagoria That game rocked

 

[vampireuk]

now your speaking my language

...but the question is...is that a good thing? :devil:

lol, its true though, if he was that stupid he got what was coming to him

 

[RatTrap]

i've played for over 24 hours a couple of times.. of course.. i did take a few food breaks and some snacks with me and had a whole lot of pepsi and did take potty brakes now and then and so on .. i know a guy i've stayed up with over 24 hours like 2 times playing some games.. i think more times but i hardly remember all that much of it.. last time was back when he got Metal Gear for his PS2.. we finished the game but i don't really remember exactly how many hours we played.. all i know is he called me when he got it (kinda early morning).. i came over.. he started the game.. and we played it all day.. then all night.. and then i think around dinner time i was home sleeping..

i'm almost 100% sure i've played alot longer then 24 hours.. but i can't really say exactly the amount of hours..

 

[blizz]

we played the world cup footy game on the gamecube for something like two days straight, by the end of it I was completely fucked, lack of sleep leads to the weirds trips

 

[jvolel]

the would have to be the most embrassing way to die, i mean playing a video game i rather die from a slip and fall!!, but seriously that is sad though......... funny i should see this thread when i was gonna but up
South Korean dies in marathon game session