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Deadly GamesGame OnVideo games are just HYPERLINK " fun for most people, but gaming HYPERLINK " is a serious HYPERLINK ". The people presented below took gaming so seriously that it actually led to their death!2359749410299Bad ScoreThe first reported deaths caused by a video game were those of good friends Jeff Dailey and Peter Burkowski, who both died in the 1980s after HYPERLINK " high scores on a popular arcade game, Berzerk. Dailey was 19 when he finally got the high score he had been trying for, then HYPERLINK " a heart attack and died. Bukowski was only 18, and also died from a heart attack after HYPERLINK " two HYPERLINK " high scores. There is quite a bit evidence of Bukowski's death, but very little of Dailey's, leading some people to believe that Jeff's death is more legend than truth.Poor Circulation of BloodInternet cafés are extremely popular in many countries. Their high-speed connections allow unlimited gaming, HYPERLINK " long as you have the cash. Chuang was an 18-year-old Taiwanese gamer who booked a private room at an Internet café, then played Diablo III for 40 hours HYPERLINK " without even pausing to eat. At the end, he stood up and then collapsed, probably HYPERLINK " to a HYPERLINK " clot that formed while he was sitting for so long. Doctors HYPERLINK " unable to HYPERLINK " him at the hospital.Binge PlayingA HYPERLINK " case was that of a British guy named Chris Staniforth. This 20-year-old spent most of his free time playing video games and often played Halo on his Xbox for up to 12 hours at a time. HYPERLINK " one of these HYPERLINK " in May 2011, he died from a blood clot that formed in his legs and traveled to his lungs.GTA IRLIf any game is blamed by the media for causing violence, it is Grand Theft Auto. In 2003, 18-year-old American Devin Moore suddenly HYPERLINK " and went on a crime HYPERLINK " after playing GTA. He was brought into the police station for trying to steal a car when he broke free and stole the police officer's gun. He shot and killed three officers before stealing a police car and making his HYPERLINK ". Moore was quickly caught and was HYPERLINK " HYPERLINK " and HYPERLINK " to death.Heart Conditions3901530396456Tim Eves isn't the type of person you'd expect to die from a video game. This 25-year-old American man was in great HYPERLINK " and was actually working out using the Wii Fit when he collapsed and died. Eves HYPERLINK " HYPERLINK " from a HYPERLINK " heart HYPERLINK ", and it’s believed that he ignored the symptoms because he thought they were caused by his workout.Too MuchA Chinese man named Zhang had basically HYPERLINK " his life to playing HYPERLINK " games. In 2007 he decided to spend the HYPERLINK " week of the Chinese New Year holiday playing video games. The young man planned out a week of non-stop gaming, but died of HYPERLINK " failure before the week was over. The fact that he weighed over 300 pounds didn’t help, and he died at only 26 years old.Not EnoughA 33-year-old Chinese man was found dead after nearly 650 HYPERLINK " hours of gaming. He spent $1,519.30 at an unlicensed Internet cafe while only eating HYPERLINK " noodles and HYPERLINK " sleeping for 27 days. He barely ate, drank, or slept in the final three days before HYPERLINK " out in front of the computer. His life could not be saved.Sword Fight HYPERLINK " is typically a pretty straight forward crime to HYPERLINK ", but police officers in China weren't sure what to do about stolen HYPERLINK " HYPERLINK " in 2005. Qiu Chengwei and Zhu Caoyuan were players of an online multiplayer game called Legend of Mir 3. Qiu lent Zhu his "Dragon HYPERLINK "; to use in the game, but Zhu ended up selling the item instead. When police refused to arrest him, Qiu wanted revenge and HYPERLINK " up HYPERLINK " Zhu to death in real life.Grounded for LifeOhio teenager Daniel Petric became so HYPERLINK " to his game, Halo 3, that his parents got worried. When he HYPERLINK " to stop playing, they took away his copy of the video game. He then got so HYPERLINK " that he shot both of his parents, and he ended up killing his mother. Daniel HYPERLINK " the scene with only the video game in his HYPERLINK ", but was later captured. The teen's HYPERLINK " HYPERLINK " was HYPERLINK " and he received a life sentence.Caring about a GameAlexandra Tobias isn't exactly a candidate for mother of the year. She was playing the Facebook game FarmVille when her son started crying. She got angry because he was HYPERLINK " with her game and she shook him until he stopped. She HYPERLINK " guilty to HYPERLINK " murder for shaking her son to death and was sentenced to 50 years in jail.World of WackoAnother terrible mother was Rebecca Colleen Christie who couldn’t stop playing World of Warcraft and HYPERLINK " her own child. She was HYPERLINK " of second-degree murder and child HYPERLINK ", and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Her 3-year-old died of HYPERLINK " and HYPERLINK " OverShawn Woolley was a HYPERLINK " normal 21-year-old man that had just moved into his own first HYPERLINK ". However, he was addicted to an online multiplayer game called EverQuest. In 2001, something serious happened in the game that caused him to become seriously HYPERLINK ". Woolley stopped leaving his home and eventually HYPERLINK " suicide by shooting himself in front of the computer.

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