Man Dies After Playing Diablo III For 40 Hours

20 responses to “Man Dies After Playing Diablo III For 40 Hours”

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   ruffs

   July 19, 2012 at 7:10 am

   and we’re sure he didn’t just die of boredom?

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   1. 

      Cephalxn

      July 19, 2012 at 7:20 am

      Beat me to it

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   2. 

      Glenn

      July 19, 2012 at 8:36 am

      I’m sorry, can’t people have fun with something that doesn’t interest you?

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         Link

         July 19, 2012 at 5:47 pm

         Im sorry Glenn cant people make fun at something that doesnt interest them?

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   3. 

      Franz

      July 19, 2012 at 11:41 pm

      Bullion!

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2. 

   clint

   July 19, 2012 at 8:10 am

   Clearly wasn’t ready for hardcore mode.

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3. 

   Jake

   July 19, 2012 at 8:50 am

   Lagspike?

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   El Groucho

   July 19, 2012 at 9:15 am

   Brilliant work. I suppose this is a better outcome than the Chinese couple who played WoW and let their kid starve to death. As one does…

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   Zac

   July 19, 2012 at 9:26 am

   Wow….just wow, that’s really sad, like depressing not pathetic, to think that someone that young essentially had a heart attack from gaming too many hours. I think I might take a walk the next hundred times I feel like playing games.

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   1. 

      Ax0r

      July 19, 2012 at 11:53 am

      Not a heart attack. He developed a deep venous thrombus (DVT – a clot in the veins in your legs) from not moving for too long. Then when he stood up, a large piece of the clot broke off and travelled up into the arteries in his lungs, where it became lodged and prevented any further blood flow through his lungs (a pulmonary embolus). Without blood flowing through his lungs, no more oxygen was getting into his blood, and his brain became starved of oxygen – which is why he collapsed. He would have died shortly thereafter.

      The same thing can happen to people on long-haul plane flights.

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6. 

   @hyp3rstrike

   July 19, 2012 at 9:30 am

   This was bound to happen, as it will with any “always on” type of game like Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft (using those two as examples as they’re the most prominent of games that have had deaths related to long durations of play).

   More games should employ the same things that various free-to-play games do, and that’s a lockout or popup message feature that tells you that you’ve been playing too fucking long.

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      Malith

      July 19, 2012 at 9:46 am

      So because of some idiots who can’t un plug I should have a lockout?

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   2. 

      John

      July 19, 2012 at 9:47 am

      Just make a new account if you get locked out. It won’t stop them.

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   3. 

      DKnight1000

      July 20, 2012 at 3:36 am

      Just because Diablo 3 is always online doesn’t mean there is no pause. Also it’s Diablo so Town Portal is essentially pause.

      The lock out in free to play games can be countered by spending money, usually that’s what they do.

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7. 

   Azza

   July 19, 2012 at 9:59 am

   I’m assuming that at some stage internet cafes will be held responsible for not allowing people to play over a certain number of hours.

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      Zac

      July 19, 2012 at 11:09 am

      In Aus they have a duty of care to check, I forget how often I think it’s, every 8-14 hours to make sure you’re okay and to send you outside, but if this happened in Taiwan, who knows.

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8. 

   lORDLANGFORD

   July 19, 2012 at 10:55 am

   WHAT THE FU? HE STARVED HIMSELF TO DEATH!
   thats realy realy crazy, ok diablo 3 was good i know i got th e Collectors edition BUT HE DIED!
   clearly the guy had bigger problems. I wish he had some help b4 that happend.

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9. 

   The edman

   July 19, 2012 at 11:10 am

   Working overtime is a killer!

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10. 

    KRiSX

    July 19, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    article titles should be “Man dies because he was an idiot”… seriously… what a moron…

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11. 

    ProGamerGuy

    July 21, 2012 at 1:36 am

    This is what internet cafes should do

    After every 3-4 hours, ask the customer to take a 15-20min break.

    If they refuse, kick them out and shut down the computer.

    (all the anti-gamers would LOVE this)

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