Current Event

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/taiwan-gamer-death/index.html

This article describes the death of a 38-year-old man in Hong Kong. He entered an Internet cafe in Tawain on January 6th and played a video game for three days straight. An employee found him sprawled out on the table at 10 am on January 8th and sent him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead from cardiac failure. The cold temperatures and over exhaustion from playing the game for so long are likely contributors to his death. Police said the other gamers continued playing as if nothing happened even when they arrived on the scene. The corpse began to stiffen which indicates he was dead for a several hours before he was sent to the hospital. Employees at the cafe shared that the man was unemployed and spent a lot of time there. A man died, a week prior to this, in Taipei after playing video games for five days straight. 

This story surprised me. I cannot imagine someone sitting infront of a screen playing video games for three consecutive days. The fact that the man had most likely been dead for hours before anyone noticed is horrifying. That means the people surrounding him were so absorbed in their game to even pay attention to a man that just died. It's crazy how oblivious people can be and a shame someone has passed away due to excessive video game consumption.