Talk about dedication. Apparently too much practice isn't healthy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8888579/

...I think they're leaving out details.

Wow that is amazing! I like playing video games and surfing the web alot but I am not that dedicated ! I honestly think that the media is trying to keep people from playing video games as much for a reason I do not know.

That is definitely an odd story, and wow, what was wrong with that man? I like to play games, but geez, after a certain amount of time I just have to do something else, I guess he had some over attachment problems...too bad for that guy wow it's sad.

But in a way, isn't it a little humorus if you heard...

"Today a 28 year old died after complications from playing video games"

To much games is bad, online gaming is not really bad somhow but just always remember to put things in moderations always to become healthy.

Vitamins are good, but taking too much vitamins is not good right? So moderations is important. 50 hours of gaming is too much even 24 hours surfing put your self in a risk. If you want to become a game master or master of anything, you must rest, eat and sleep, too much pratice will put cause you to be six feet under the ground...

Now, this is pretty much sick!

Anyway, I doubt that an ordinary man can be killed by playing a game for 50 hours with small naps (in many wars, people were in a much more stressful situation!), his heart was probably very weak in the first place, however, if he didn't eat anything at all during that period, maybe that was the cause of so much exhaustion, and eventually - death! I really don't understand how his hand weren't shaking? Did he even notice what's happening to him? (When I don't eat anything for a few hours when I get out of bed, my hands start shaking due to the lack of sugar in my body...)

Whatever the cause of this death was, nothing can encourage me to strap myself to a chair for 50 hours to play computer games! Even though I sometimes overdo it, I can realise that enough is enough!

omg i can't believe that can actually happen... i mean like bureX said he must been really sick, i mean didn't he ate? didn't he go to the bathroom? poor guy i love to play videogames but i'm definetely not have a trauma with them O_OU the maximun i've played it's like 8 hours (i mean that's way too much for me) and i can't imagine what could these guy can be imaging by quitting his job >< i heard that asian tend to get obssesed easily...

He probably did it for attention, and now the whole world knows (laterally).

Why would you want to waist so much time, there are other things, like running around in circles slapping people with a wet kipper.

I just dont seem to understand how someone can do anything for so long... I mean something involuntary action (unlike breathing and heartbeat)...
either u need a break or sleep or u wud get bored....
but thats my idea... the news does prove otherwise...
Anything out of control is disastrous...

Cheers.

50 Hours .... , thats 5x of how long i sit on the pc .
Man, i could never cope. I would go mental if i did not sleep