Internet Gaming Obsession Claims Another Life In China

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The dangers of internet addiction in China were demonstrated yesterday, when an unidentified 30-year-old man collapsed in an internet cafe outside of Beijing following three days of nonstop online gaming.

According to witnesses the man had been playing an online game at the internet cafe for three days, taking in little food or drink and getting absolutely no sleep whatsoever. He collapsed Monday evening, slipping into a coma. He later died at a nearby clinic.

The man had apparently spent more than 10,000 yuan ($1,500) on internet gaming in the past 30 days.

Police confiscated several computers from the internet cafe, but have ruled out homicide. The exact cause of death is currently being investigated.

It sounds to me like internet cafes in China need to be run by people responsible enough to meter usage. That a man can spend the better part of 36 hours sitting in front of a computer, slowly killing himself, without anyone attempting to stop him makes no sense to me whatsoever.

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so sad.
 
It seems like his addiction level to games is fatal. They should be able to set a number of hours that he is able to play per day. Once he uses his hours for the day, some program or service has to shut down his access to gaming. This way he can still play, but not for a ridiculous amount of time.
 
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