can a computer game kill you?

China
April 16, 2007 9:31am CST
i think maybe, i do not play pc games very much.but i know some one around me have addiction to it. once , one of my university classmate told me that he had been in a game for 25 hours without a rest. at that time i was stange why he was still alive.
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@yodadog (19)
• United States
17 Apr 07
i am a wow gamer and a halo 2 maniac and i stayed up almost up to 2:00 everyday. i knew this was bad for me but i didnt know how to stop. so after going to bed at 2:00 i would awake at 4:00 and get one the game again. yea i made some bumd decisions but im ok atleast. i have learned some valuable information here THXS. i also say that if you play a video game when its time to sleep this dmgs your body. the worst days i've ever felt were the ones when i stay up 3 days straight and my school work suffered. so im clean of the 2 and 4 wake up times and im reeling much better.
• United States
21 Apr 07
I Myself was an addict to an MMORPg named A3 but i was out of it after an year and wen i got a job i started playin again wat i observed is the atmosphere ur in if ur fellow ppl dont hav any problem and u live amidst gamers u wont be threatend and u can just keep going on in life by balancing ur days activites
• United States
23 Apr 07
Im a heavy gamer myself, wow being no 1 on my list, I do get pretty hooked but I sent myself to play a certain time everday and I pretty much stick to it. Its all a mind set thing, once you loose track of that youre gone. Ive played 12 hour non stop before but thats usually on a day I have nowhere to go or nothing else to do. I mind set myself to play between 1 and 4pm everyday for 5 days a week and it works out pretty good, sometimes I play less or a few minutes longer but thats it. There are even those days I play 1 hour or not at all, but my addiction to being online is something I still gotta work on, I just started college so my gaming time and internet time has been cut even short. One of my current assignments are on time management and that is one great lesson, we learn to manage our rl time to our gaming time, things should work out then.
@tramsdi (27)
• Brazil
10 Jun 07
I've played games for more than 25 hours, and yes, it can kill you (or at least you'll get health problems). Games are cool, but take it like an hobby.
@maumbi (2570)
• Indonesia
16 Apr 07
i agree with you, i saw my friend last year, going to therapy at hospital, after get game addiction;) this is real happen, wow game maniac must be careful now, think smart using time on computer or internet, your body not a robot;)
@0utl00k (48)
• United States
16 Apr 07
Yes, if you play for an extended ammout of time, your heart will give out and you will die...