Italian Boy ‘Addicted’ To Playstation, Says Actual Doctor
13 year old Lorenzo Amato was rushed to hospital by his father, where doctors at first thought he may have been suffering from a stroke or brain disorder. But no - after closer examination, the medics diagnosed ‘Playstation Addiction’.
Local politician Antonio Buccoliero was quick to comment, “They eventually managed to take care of him once they understood that this was a strange kind of mental detachment connected to his Playstation.” It is unknown if this condition could be contracted through rival consoles or if it is a Sony-only disorder. Or indeed if it is an actual medical condition and not something they just made up to make a point about gaming.
The boy had been unable to speak and appeared ‘confused’ following a marathon gaming session. He reportedly told his father to throw out his console saying, “If I even think about it I want to throw up.”
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Kids these days..... Jesus Christ.
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@oxweeblexo: LOL... Pure awesomeness.
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@mpar: ROFL
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Ok we need a professional.. someone please call Dr. Mario
mpar
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@StormdragonBlue: Theme Hospital!!!!! I played that game to bits man. I really hope they could release it on Steam or so.
TH was sooo advanced for its time.
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Playstation is a helluva drug.
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@oxweeblexo: and also Anti :P
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Utterly unrelated. Seeing a image from Theme Hospital again makes me wish to one day see a sequel. I miss the good old Bullfrog days.
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@skyhawk21: Um... sell it?
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Geez, why the hell are people console warring here? <_<
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Another life is saved thanks to Science. What an age we live in!
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@Ronin_Okami: Firefox is your friend. (those red underlines on misspelled words jump out at me) :P
Tofuonophd
@Mercsenary: And (at first) they saved some money on their original design! Was a win/win for microsoft.
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@fuchikoma:
Tell that to those people in Asia dying in their arcade seats.
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@Mister_Jack:
This.
Addiction is not going to affect everyone. Just like not everyone is going to going into epileptic seizures from playing games.
But it does happen to enough people for people to need to be aware of it.
Mact
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@DragnFiyar: and then it would be "moderated"... yeah silly me
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