2010-11-27, 06:12 PM
I'm doing this for a presentation on Tuesday and only a few come to mind, which I can't really find via Google. This makes for interesting topic-discussing as well.
Does anyone know of any stories that come to mind when you think about gaming addiction? There's that one article where a woman strangled her 3 month old son for interrupting her Facebook session. And then I recall another where a woman kills her spouse's in-game character for divorcing with her in-game and was arrested for it. Don't forget the article where a man dies in his chair after spending something like two days straight playing Starcraft.
Of course, I'm not just looking for deaths/murders. They could be anything. Such as the man who made over $5000 on EVE Online by selling the in-game currency that was stolen from the game's central bank. I sadly don't know any more stories past that, so maybe you guys know more?
Does anyone know of any stories that come to mind when you think about gaming addiction? There's that one article where a woman strangled her 3 month old son for interrupting her Facebook session. And then I recall another where a woman kills her spouse's in-game character for divorcing with her in-game and was arrested for it. Don't forget the article where a man dies in his chair after spending something like two days straight playing Starcraft.
Of course, I'm not just looking for deaths/murders. They could be anything. Such as the man who made over $5000 on EVE Online by selling the in-game currency that was stolen from the game's central bank. I sadly don't know any more stories past that, so maybe you guys know more?