Warning: Playing video games for 12 hours straight can kill

[Zeus]

You can view the page at http://www.maxconsole.net/content.ph...aight-can-kill

[msanchez]

I don't know about that. I'm thinking something else helped him kick the bucket, cause I remember some days with FF VII, Xenogears, GT, and GT II that were awfully LONG; and that was for entire weekends too... ah the good ol' days.

[urmaster]

I've done some all nighters and long sessions before but I'm not sure I've done a full 12 hours. Wouldn't one get hungry, tired or cramped?

[sliggo]

yeh Final Fantasy 7 back in the day, easily notched more than 12 hours, but had to eat and p*ss in between.

[Geoir]

lol 12 hours? thats nothing... this guy was weak... all i can say

[JonathanD]

I would feel kinda bad doing a fatality on some on in Mortal Kombat only to realize the poor sucker actually died on me.... Hehehehehe

[Dorron]

Surely this guy had some kind of illness and died of it, not playing 12 hours...

[crypysmoker]

Jees... Theres so much missing from this story..
When Halo 2 and Mechassualt 2 first came out, I played 36 straight hours, taking breaks to go to the bathroom and eat...

Back in my stupid days I used to do Coke (SOOO much) and sit and play Xbox allday/allnight/allday ... etc...

Im still alive....


12 hours? Much more going on with this one

[qazza]

weak human! i can easily handle 12hours+

[QrafTee]

12 hours straight? That's it? I remember playing more than that... there was probably an underlying condition. The kid should've gotten checked in to see Dr. House.

[IBNobody]

I laughed when I saw the picture NY Daily News used. Talk about stereotypes! Maybe he died playing something other than Starcraft. Did you ever think of that, NYDN?

(Though, to be truthful... I read the source article just to see if it mentioned SC/SC2.)

[mauler]

If that were true I would have died 1900 times over. The first time I played Chrono trigger I played it in one veeeeeeeeerrrrrry long sittting.

[blackcell1]

weak kid! i can normaly crack 14+ hrs every day :P what game was he/she playing ?

because we could always blame them for his/her death

[Xenogears V]

Rip for that poor guy.

I remember I have played in a day all second FF9 disc...If don't wrong I have played it for 16 hours straight. It is my record, but only that time. I never repeat that record.

Usually I play 4-5 hours straight.

It would be interesting to open a poll where you indicate how many hours spend in a day, or how many consecutive hours you have as record.

[msanchez]

If that were true I would have died 1900 times over. The first time I played Chrono trigger I played it in one veeeeeeeeerrrrrry long sittting.

Oh God, I just remembered FF III and Chrono Trigger. I kept telling myself "One more hour", but then something interesting would happen, so I would tell myself "OK I'll finish this quest", and after that I would go back to "One more hour"... vicious circle I tell you.