Boy Collapses After Playing 'World of Warcraft' for 24 Hours
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
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A screenshot from the massive multiplayer online game 'World of Warcraft'
A screenshot from the massive multiplayer online game 'World of Warcraft'
A schoolboy collapsed and went into convulsions after playing a new version of the "World of Warcraft" online computer game for 24 hours straight.
The 15-year-old boy and his friends were exploring the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion pack when he suffered what appeared to be an epileptic seizure, it was reported Monday.
"They played all day and all night. Maybe they got a few hours of sleep. They ate a little food and breakfast at their computers," the boy's father told the Kvällsposten newspaper in Sweden.
Doctors told the father that his son's bodily systems had been disrupted by a combination of sleep deprivation, lack of food and the prolonged period of concentration playing the game.
The teenager and six friends were reported to have gathered at his home in Laholm, western Sweden, on Saturday to play the updated version of the game, which went on sale Thursday. He collapsed at around 2 p.m. Sunday.
The boy is expected to make a full recovery but his father said he plans on limiting the amount of time his son is allowed to play computer games.
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