Gamer Chris Staniforth dies from DVT.

Number_25 · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:30

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14350216

A man whose son died after playing video games for long periods is campaigning for greater awareness of the risk posed by their excessive use.

Looks like this guy was sat down for about 16 hours a day (pretty much the time your awake) on his PS3/Xbox. Quite worrying as someone who has spent the last 4 weeks sat at his computer on 4 hour stints at a time.

RomanNose · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:34

Pft, pc gaming is where it's at.

Raumarik · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:37

Sitting still for long periods can cause this, it's a well known fact. Doesn't matter what you're doing if it's not physically active then you are at an increase risk. There's nothing to say this guy wouldn't have gotten this from working in an office or driving a truck.

orderoftheflame · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:40

chaosdestro0 said:
Pft, pc gaming is where it's at.

The choice of hardware would be irrelevant to his death...

Pretty sad story, but it does sound like he was spending all his waking hours on the thing.

Halfmad said:
Sitting still for long periods can cause this, it's a well known fact. Doesn't matter what you're doing if it's not physically active then you are at an increase risk. There's nothing to say this guy wouldn't have gotten this from working in an office or driving a truck.

Yep, just getting up and walking around for 5-10 minutes an hour would have helped him probably.

Nitefly · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:42

Sad story :/

Fenris · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:44

To be fair to the guy he even says he has no problem with the consoles, it's just the fact people play them for extended periods without moving which as he rightly says poses a risk of DVT, the same as sitting on a plane or watching TV.

What he's doing can only be a good thing, should have a lot of respect for the man.

LiE · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:46

Agreed, raising awareness of DVT is never a bad thing.

CaptainRAVE · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:48

lol, this story annoys me how the media blame "gaming", the "xbox" etc. (The Sun and BBC News at 10pm last night have been among the worst).

- plenty of people sit down for very long periods of time in offices, call centers etc.
- From the picture you can clearly see that the guy is very overweight.
- If this was such a "significant" risk as the media are making out, there would be people dropping all over the place :rolleyes:

I have played for 15-16 hours in a row before and never dropped dead :rolleyes:

FNGsam · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:54

Fenris said:
To be fair to the guy he even says he has no problem with the consoles, it's just the fact people play them for extended periods without moving which as he rightly says poses a risk of DVT, the same as sitting on a plane or watching TV.

What he's doing can only be a good thing, should have a lot of respect for the man.

This.
Good to see he doesn't blame consoles, even though it would be a good thing to get rid of them, so we can get more PC exlusives!

Castiel · 31 Jul 2011 at 09:57

Sitting around probably only contributed to an underlying cause of the DVT, otherwise everyone with a sedentiary job would be at risk, including drivers, office wirkers, factory workers etc....

'Wes · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:01

Here come the anti-gaming brigade, despite he's stating comparisons and not blaming it on gaming.

K1LLSW1TCH · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:02

Castiel said:
Sitting around probably only contributed to an underlying cause of the DVT, otherwise everyone with a sedentiary job would be at risk, including drivers, office wirkers, factory workers etc....

That's exactly what I said to a friend yesterday. Plus the lad is clearly overweight which probably didn't help.

CaptainRAVE · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:03

Castiel said:
Sitting around probably only contributed to an underlying cause of the DVT, otherwise everyone with a sedentiary job would be at risk, including drivers, office wirkers, factory workers etc....

K1LLSW1TCH said:
That's exactly what I said to a friend yesterday. Plus the lad is clearly overweight which probably didn't help.

This and this.

I couldn't help but laugh at the comments on The Sun website along the lines of "I might be next! OMG!".

Raymond Lin · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:05

Surely he would get up to poo/poo/cook/wash etc?

Evoss · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:07

CaptainRAVE said:
lol, this story annoys me how the media blame "gaming"

They have just said they don't blame it, its due to sitting down for extended periods of time.

Zhokel · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:07

Some friends on facebook were wondering a month or so ago where their friend was as he's not been online recently.... yesterday one of them posted the article up saying it was him. Crazy. :<

CaptainRAVE · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:08

Evoss said:
They have just said they don't blame it, its due to sitting down for extended periods of time.

lol, yeah, OK -

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ng-his-Xbox-for-up-to-12-hours-at-a-time.html

"Death by Xbox" - yes, they clear it up a little in the subheading, but the Xbox is still getting a lot of the blame.

Nowhere do they mention that he is overweight. More likely death by being overweight than death by Xbox :rolleyes:

K1LLSW1TCH · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:09

Raymond Lin said:
Surely he would get up to poo/poo/cook/wash etc?

Hello my friend, let me introduce you to the world of adult diapers.

Nitefly · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:09

Raymond Lin said:
Surely he would get up to poo/poo/cook/wash etc?

To be honest, I can't post the picture I really want to

EDIT - lol there is a gif of that scene, makes me feel ill

LordSplodge · 31 Jul 2011 at 10:10

Sitting still was a contributing factor. People don't tend to die from just sitting still for a long period of time.

What kind of father let's his son play video games for 16 hours anyway?