The “video game violence leads to real world violence” argument is as old as Tetris (perhaps older), but in some cases it’s difficult to argue that there isn’t a link. There doesn’t necessarily have to be any violence involved – video games will straight up kill you if you’re not careful.
Here are 10 examples:
10. Diablo III
If you spend hours on end sat down while gaming you better start implementing some exercise breaks into your routine, or risk ending up like 18-year-old Chuang from Taiwan. Chuang dropped dead in an Internet café after a 40-hour Diablo III marathon in 2012. Apparently he passed out at his screen, was woken by an employee, stood up, took a few steps, then collapsed and died. Cause of death = blood clot due to sitting for a long period of time.
He’s not an isolated case either. Same thing to another kid in February 2013 after he played League of Legends for 23 hours, and again as recently as January 21st 2015 when a 38-year-old man died from over-exhaustion following a 5-day gaming marathon.
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