In Real Life

I Am One Of Those Horrible Neglectful MMO-Playing Parents

Whenever I post a story about a parent neglecting his or her children while playing a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, I can’t hide my disgust for that sort of person, so you can imagine how I felt about myself this weekend when my two 10-month-old children left the house in the middle of a boss fight.


February 15, 2012
In Real Life

Child Left In GameStop Leads To Neglect Arrest

Attention parents of the world: GameStop is not a babysitting service. That fact was made abundantly clear to 21-year-old Kethia Dagrin-Francois of Florida when police arrested her for child neglect after her five-year-old son was found wandering the parking lot of Boyton Mall.


June 4, 2011
News

Five Years Later, Mum In Warcraft Neglect Death Goes To Prison

It took five years, but a woman who played World of Warcraft day after day as her three-year-old daughter wasted away, dying of malnutrition and dehydration, is headed to prison. Rebecca Colleen Christie of Las Cruces, New Mexico was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday.


September 14, 2010
News

Game Obsessed Woman Neglects Children, Kills Dogs

When officers arrived at a house in Kent, England, earlier this year to investigate appalling conditions reported by a neighbour, the game obsessed homeowner’s two dogs had been decomposing in the dining room for two months.