South Korean dies in marathon game session

A 24-year-old South Korean man dies after 86 hours of straight gaming without food or sleep.

According to an Associated Press report, South Korean police said today that a man has died after an 86-hour gaming marathon. The incident occurred at an Internet café in a town 160 miles southwest of Seoul, where the man, who was unemployed, had been "virtually glued" to a computer since Friday, skipping sleep and meals. The man collapsed near the café's counter and was later found dead in the restroom. Many Internet cafés in South Korea are open 24 hours a day.

5 Comments

  • boobush

    Posted Sep 18, 2007 2:55 pm PT

    Do I smell a new record? Or is it a corpse?

  • HyperMetaDragon

    Posted Sep 17, 2007 8:17 pm PT

    Lawl.

  • Haimehs

    Posted Jan 20, 2007 8:13 am PT

    maybe they should limit the number of hours you can play in a net cafe...

  • jackboi

    Posted Aug 24, 2006 3:29 am PT

    find a girlfriend? a little too late for that dude, wonder what game he was playing though lol

  • alpha_company

    Posted May 15, 2006 10:43 am PT

    86 hours? WTH!!! He needs to find a girlfriend.

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