Corpse sits in gamer cafe for 9 hours

By Matthew Hawkins

In what is beginning to be a disturbingly common phenomenon, a young man in Asia has died, apparently due to prolonged gaming.

According to Sky News and the AFP,?the latest incident took place in New Taipei, Taiwan. Chen Rong-yu, 23,?checked into a cafe on Tuesday night, where he would spend the rest of his life.

The last time anyone noticed?Chen was noon the following day, when he was seen talking on his phone by a waitress.?Sometime after that point, he passed away of what investigators believe is cardiac arrest, brought upon blood clots, which is common in such cases.

In similar incidents, gamers have died due to exhaustion or lack of movement from extended play sessions. In the case of the latter, lack of circulation will cause the blood in the human body to congeal, and any sudden movement will bring about a heart attack.

Chen was playing "League of Legends" at the time of his passing. Reports also state that he was found sitting in his chair rigidly, with his arms outstretched.

The death and resulting corpse went completely unnoticed among the 30 or so other customers, and for up to nine hours, a testament of how engrossing the games played at such places can be, among other things.

Previous incidents include a South Korean dying following a 50-hour gaming session, a Chinese man perishing after a three-day gaming binge, and yet another Chinese gamer who perished after playing games for fifteen straight days.

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Matthew Hawkins is a NYC based game journalist who has also written for EGM, GameSetWatch, Gamasutra, Giant Robot, and numerous others. He also self-publishes his own game culture zine, is part of Attract Mode, and co-hosts of The Fangamer Podcast. You can keep tabs on him via?Twitter,?or his personal home-base,?FORT90.com.

Source: http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10310569-corpse-sits-in-gamer-cafe-for-9-hours

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