I am tired of hearing about how video games are responsible for killing people. Its like everything else in the universe, too much of anything will cause extreme butt hurt, and propulsive diahrea.  I am tired of the  neo-fascist media whores   trying to villainize video games, especially since video games prevent a lot of crime and teenage pregnancy, by keeping kids at home, and away from girls. And everytime there is any violence, the media automatically finds some whack job psychologist who went to the prestigious school of self study, that says of course flight simulator deceitfully manipulated some hard working honest arabic guys into flying air planes into the twin towers, and all school shootings happen because of zombies ate my neighbors.So I have always wondered why fascist pigs hate video games, and one day I found the answers that was sitting right in front of my face. Conservatives hate video games because video games killed Jesus, and they also like to rape white women.

Ummm I played maplestory for like a whole month.Nonstop excxept for all the breeaks for food water bathroom...Etc.And I sleep like about 4 hrs in the day and now for some reason if I try to go to sleepat night,I cant,well...Like iwas saying does anyone think I am gonna die,lol,but no I'm serious I'm still playing same shedule

You can't believe people starve to death while playing WoW? Let me tell u something, u don't just go "hmm I think I'm starving, I'll get something to eat". If you don't eat/sleep for long you probably bang yous face against your keyboard at some point, and if noone's there to call an ambulance you're screwed.

People don't die voluntarily cos they'd rather play if that's what you're thinking. They lose control.

Yes, a game as addictive as WoW can cause a person to lose all focus on the outside world, cause loss or lessening of sensations like hunger and thirst. I have played for 20 hours straight with no breaks until one of my roommates disconnected the internet, leaving me suddenly starving and in need of a restroom. Lol

This article is actually supposed to be about a South Korean man that died after playing 50 hours of STARCRAFT! not WOW... I just read the article and here is the website...I believe that the original post was a WOW hater... BUT I wouldnt be surprised to see someone die from playing WOW so much...I used to play it around 6-8 hrs. Now I am WOW Free :-)

the article said he died from not drinking and eating!

People take singular events and paint a whole huge community by it. People have died while watching TV and we didn't blame the TV. People die while driving all the time and no one stops driving. Religious people go crazy and kill people but we aren't going to make laws labeling religion itself as dangerous. Hell people have died of heart failure while having sex.

The lesson: ANYTHING can kill you. 

Wow, this changed my whole perspective on gaming. I saw this on the news 2 and I immediately told my mom to restrict me from video games 4 only 2 hours a day. Its true that u can die from addictive stuff, like food addiction, drugs addiction, and even book addictions. Video games are played by about 88% of people across the world. If someone dies of Video games, especially WoW, its his or her fault. THe only reason people play video games is becuz of stress or becuz they don't like themselves and hate life. I used 2 say that and think that, but now I understand EVERYTHING. I am what some call a nerd, cuz I have braces and glasses and I had friends that are nerds 2. Now, I'm going 2 light up on video games and work on my other hobby, Basketball, which is  way more healthy. Guys, let this teach u a lesson. Don't keep on focusing on a fake and totally unheathy life. Just be yourself. If u like MW2, good 4 u. Just don't get 2 addicted, and try 2 restrict urself.

-Jack 11 yrs old

P.S. Srry 4 the huge message, but I hope this helps.

Here's what I have to say about this. I played video games for about 5 hours a day. After reading this, 2 hours a day, and decreasing. A man who dies of addiction is common. Drug addiction, food addiction, even book addiction is bad for your health. I'm what some people call a nerd, mainly because I need glasses and braces and I play video games way too much. I think this teaches all of us a lesson. Don't become addicted to something, even if it's something good, like gardening, or swimming, or even working out. Because someday, it'll come back to ya, especially something like World of warcraft. Thank you for reading, and consider this.

- Jack 11 years old

P.S. Sorry for the long message, but I think it means a lot.

Replying to FeedBacker

explain how you die of "tiredness" which I bet isn't even a word.. Have you ever heard a autopsy come back saying "death from being tired" you can't die from being tired.. You can fall asleep though! thats the stupidest **** ive ever heard dude the guy died from his blood thickening up and his heart couldn't pump it anymore he died from heart failure due to dehydration.

-reply by rich romer

You cannot die from just staying up for days on end. That's retarded, and any idiot that thinks so is retarded, and needs to do some research before opening their mouth. 

 I know from personal experience that you can stay awake for weeks on meth, and acid alone. And I'm not dead, nor did I get near dying. Not that I do that crap anymore, but I'm just saying, you can stay awake for a long time, and you won't die. You would simply pass out and sleep. 

 You can also go a very long time without food, but water you cannot. These people that died to playing games were screwed up individuals. Their brains are messed up severely to the point that they do these things. The man killing his baby because it took him from his game? What real person with any brains would do that crap. 

 The point is.. It's not the games. It's not really society. It's screwed up in the head people that want to blame everything on everyone else. They would have probably gotten addicted to crack, or killed their whole family in the future, even without games. They're screwed up, and not like the 99% "normal" population. 

I find it hard to believe that these people didn't get up to go pee, or get a drink of water or anything. I think people just make up a load of crap to shift the blame. You can  get addicted to any game, but to the extent of these people is beyond any normal brain functions. They're screwed up with, or without a gaming addiction and would have done some screwed up thing regardless.

I'm in a Psychology class right now and starting up a research paper on this, But actually this isn't to far from the truth. I myself am a heavy gamer and I have caught myself not drinking or saying ehhh I grab something to eat later and before I know it its midnight and I was telling myself around 0900 that I was going to get something but after 15 hours later I was like holy **** I'm starving and that was only because I got tired and decided to get off. There has been many occasions that I and even alot of my friends to say that they have found themselves very thirsty after gaming because they forget to get something to drink or even food.