A South Korean man has died of exhaustion in an internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, according to police.
The 28-year-old, identified only by his last name, Lee, collapsed after having eaten minimally and not sleeping.
He had refused to leave his keyboard while playing the battle simulation game Starcraft.
Does anyone keep an eye on someone doing this in a public place?
Lee, who lived in the southern city of Taegu, had been fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games, police said.
Starcraft is a great game, but not great enough to play it that long, especially in one sitting. This will surely get American moms and the bourgeois politicians in an uproar, and will get them spouting off crap.