15-year-old collapses after too much World of Warcraft

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I just have one question, what were this kids parents doing while he was up all night playing games? And as for games being designed to be addictive... Duh? If it wasn't rewarding people wouldn't play. The same goes for any other game. Poker anyone? Nobody complains when some guy blows his whole paycheck on video poker. How is World of Warcraft any different?

WoW and Video Poker may not be the same thing exactly, but the net effects of each are virtually identical.

Because kids can't gamble but they can play computer games. When an adult blows his whole check on gambling, it's his/her responsibility because he/she is an adult. When a child gets addicted to the internet, it's a big deal because he or she is just a child and it's the grown ups responsibility to direct them in life.


Also the internet addiction is a new disorder that is being recognized while gambling addiction is not.

another WoW miracle!

20 hours? As stated by someone else - lightweight.

I spent an entire weekend playing one game straight. Beginning to end + mission pack too. Only break I had was toilet, and food. I think I stopped to go to work though. I was trying it out and played for a bit, and came back and went for it.

One thing people don't realize is about one in a hundred people have epilepsy, and of those maybe five percent are photosensitive. Playing a game for 20 hours and being tired could always expose an underlying condition. That is why one person can play for twenty hours and have no problem and someone else can't. The thing that concerns me is whether the parents will just say "oh he was tired we have nothing more to worry about" and not get him screened.

I'm light sensitive play world of warcraft but take regular breaks during play to avoid seizures while playing.

i hate video games. how can anyone be this memorized by them to pass out from playing too much?

Why didn't he eat properly. I mean I've got hooked on games but I always take break and eat. You can't really blame the game for it. Besides I know people who play for days and are fine.

Leeroy Jenkins!! !

i play video games but i could not get into wow(no offense) but something like that happening is nothing new. i knew someone who didnt go to work or school just played video games. another person got into academic probation at school. they have degree programs for game programing, development and design, if you like to play them so much why not make them?

I've heard too many similar stories to ever want to play that particular game.

Not a bad way to go