A LAD of 20 has been killed by a blood clot caused by playing his Xbox for up to 12 hours at a time. A post mortem revealed that Chris Staniforth - addicted to games such as Halo - had suffered a deep vein thrombosis. It can be triggered by sitting in one position for long spells. Stunned dad David, of Sheffield, said: "He lived for his Xbox. I never dreamed he was in any danger. "As a parent you think playing computer games can't do them any harm because you know what they are doing. Kids all over the country are playing these games for long periods - they don't realise it could kill them." Chris collapsed seconds after telling a friend how he had been experiencing a strange sensation in his chest. The pair were chatting outside a JobCentre where Chris had an interview. David said: "He told his friend how he was woken in the night by a strange feeling in his chest. From http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ng-his-Xbox-for-up-to-12-hours-at-a-time.html
It's not a nice way to go, DVT is caused just by being immobile for a long period of time but who the hell plays for that long? His Dad think's it's normal for someone to play for 12 hours at a time? I can barely play for an hour even if I'm really concentrating and I'd consider myself a serious gamer. Considering the fact that I'm the same age but thank god I've never felt the need to get an Xbox or PS3 or spend all night queing up to get the latest CoD (I just download it the day after!). There is nothing wrong with playing, many games have great stories and you can really immerse yourself in a particular character but is this indicative of modern day society, I don't think so. Like I said, I'm the same age and of course with mates (guy mates to be honest) it's easy to just stay in and play FIFA or CoD but with that same token we are really active, play a lot of sports and spent plenty of time outdoors, I'm in the garden right now!
I wonder how many bizarre sex-internet based deaths there have been? please log in to view this image
You need to be a right boring, sad bastard to spend 12 hours on the hop stuck in front of a video game. No loss.
