Today a colleague of mine mentioned that the Chinese news paper Sin Chiew headed a news about a Taiwanese couple that were so addicted to online games that they neglected eating and sleeping for a duration of 3 days. This caused them to be so unhealthy, infact the husband Died while on the computer due to probably a heart failure. We the users have to be more alert of the effects of long hours of spending time either playing online, surfing online and so on. They should be more responsible, we are all adults.

Similar story on 5th march 2010. Online game addiction in Korean society has gone far beyond a mere social nuisance, resulting in accidental deaths and even murders. The police detained a married couple who, seriously addicted to internet games, left their three-month-old daughter to starve to death. The 41-year-old husband and 25-year-old wife met through an online chatting website and were both gaming addicts. Since moving out from the wife’s parents’ house, they spent most of their time in internet cafes, reportedly leaving their newborn girl completely unattended. They only occasionally dropped by to feed her powdered milk. Last September, after a 12-hour gaming-session, they came home in the morning to find their daughter dead. The baby’s malnourished body fueled police suspicion that the couple was responsible for the death because of neglect. They then requested the National Institute of Scientific Investigation to perform an autopsy. It is sad to hear such stories.

So to me dear friends out there who are game addicts, you may not know that you are one, but alot of you’ll are. If you spend playing online games for more than 4 hours a day, you are a game addict. So something more useful in life, get a better hobby and go spend some time outside. Live Life To The Fullest.

Internet Addict