Death-match Gaming Takes a Vic 
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Kwangju (260km South-west of Seoul) Korea, October 9 2002
Kim (24) liked computer games, so much so he couldn’t maintain regular employment or own his own computer. Not having a computer might stop most people being a computer game addict. But Kim was smart and knew that the computers in the Internet café were much better than anything he could afford. One suspects that he also knew that computer time was cheaper after 10pm when local laws forbid minors using Internet cafes.
Kim went to an Internet café last Friday night and started to play death-match. Tonight was different Kim was seriously ‘on fire’, he was taking down opponent after opponent. Come Saturday Kim had amassed quite a substantial kill total. Following the best gamblers’ wisdom – when you and the machine are really working together don’t let the feeling go – Kim played on. Kim was so focused on playing that he ignored some small basic things, like eating and sleeping.
Unfortunately, Kim’s body wasn’t as keen on computer games as he was. After 86 hours of non-stop computer time he collapsed and momentarily lost consciousness. When he awoke one of the other computer users suggested that he should visit the toilet to ‘freshen up’.
Kim didn’t so much ‘freshen up’ as ‘stale out’, he was found later in the toilets dead. Police considered, then ruled out the possibility of murder and now await the results of an autopsy. One wonders if the autopsy will find that Kim was suffering from psychosomatic particle accelerator gun wounds.
Original News item URL:
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5255338%5E15338%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15321,00.html Submitted on 10/10/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
The Australian 10/10/02
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