I was looking around on Google not that long ago. I was looking for something to do with MMORPG (massive member online role playing game) and funeral (don't ask me why I searched the two things together because I forgot.) Some of the first things I found was a funeral event that took place on a game called World Of Warcraft. It said how a bunch of players got together to hold a virtual funeral for the death of a player in the real world. It said she died from playing the game for serveral days during a Chinese holiday.
When I read that I was like eek I play the .hack// games and read on their 'current events' about how people die from long time playing MMO's but I never thought anybody would accutally do that. The report also said how that was common and that the Chinese government was going to have a law made that you can only play a game for 3 hours at a time.
I know this is sort of old but I'm still really surprised that can accutally happen. I mean, wouldn't it be common sense to stop doing something after long periods of time when your tired or your eyes are hurting? Usually I stop playing a game or log off from the computer once my eyes or hands hurt. That or I stay on for a little while longer. I'm also wondering how that girl ate, drank, or went to the bathroom? She must of got up to at least go to the bathroom... If nothing else.
The report I read it on is here. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2145633/world-warcraft-gamers-stage
 The Land And Water · Thu May 31, 2007 @ 10:30pm · 6 Comments |
