Xbox addict killed after 12 hour gaming session

FortuitousFluke said:
99.9% of people seem to manage perfectly fine on lengthy international flights. The odd case of clotting or DVT in circumstances where people have remained stationary for large periods doesn't make it a significant risk.
Click to expand...

Ban all flights i'd say! :rolleyes:

Surely it's the Airlines fault?


#sarcasm
 
Well the first reply wasn't "did he drop any good loot?" so I guess we're doing better than the WoW forums.
 
You could probably find some correlation between being addicted to computer games and unhealthy lifestyle ie drinking energy drinks or sugary Coke and eating takeaway or junk food so you can continue your gaming, all of which would contribute to risk of blood clots when sitting still for 12 hours. I doubt you'd find the same correlation with book enthusiasts who read 12 hours a day.

Still technically it's not the gaming to blame it's a poor lifestyle choice made by the gamer
 
Richdog said:
So, they take an 10 hour international flight EVERY DAY?

Jesus wept...
Click to expand...

The article doesn't imply everyday, it states that he would regularly play for long periods, sometime hours at a time. From my reading I didn't even get the impression that the 12 hour session was his normal practice, just that when he did get engrossed, he would game for hours at a time.

Your reading may have been different but I couldn't see anything in the article which suggested daily 10 hour sessions. Having said that the pictures and his gaming hobby did suggest to me a sedentary lifestyle, but that is increasingly the norm these days unfortunately.
 
Mynight said:
Or get him to make a will including you.

He might die whilst going to get the beer and pizza :eek:.
Click to expand...

I honestly don't know how he does it and isn't ill yet; he's 32 and has no desire to at least show some degree of effort towards his own personal well being; I'll walk over to the recycling bin and night after nights it's just box after box of frozen pizza. He's quite frankly also lazy around the house and I'm a tad fed up with it I'm honest...
 
rickjames said:
I honestly don't know how he does it and isn't ill yet; he's 32 and has no desire to at least show some degree of effort towards his own personal well being; I'll walk over to the recycling bin and night after nights it's just box after box of frozen pizza. He's quite frankly also lazy around the house and I'm a tad fed up with it I'm honest...
Click to expand...

Well don't tell but encourage then :D.
 
FortuitousFluke said:
The article doesn't imply everyday, it states that he would regularly play for long periods, sometime hours at a time. From my reading I didn't even get the impression that the 12 hour session was his normal practice, just that when he did get engrossed, he would game for hours at a time.

Your reading may have been different but I couldn't see anything in the article which suggested daily 10 hour sessions. Having said that the pictures and his gaming hobby did suggest to me a sedentary lifestyle, but that is increasingly the norm these days unfortunately.
Click to expand...

Lets use some basic common sense here, the kind you should gain as you grow older and get more experienced in life.

  • The guy was unemployed
  • Wanted to be a computer game designer
  • Was obese

It does not take a genius to work out that he spent the vast majority of his time playing computer games, especially as many of us as techies and gamers ourselves know the dangers that lack of self control and restraint with PC's and gaming can have, especially through crappy times in our life and especially when we have been unemployed with no girlfriend or social circle to speak of. It happens. Look at him.

To think he did not spend the majority of his time playing video games, with his background, is crossing the line from naivety into ignorance. I already said that gaming itself is not the root cause as it is down to the individuals (or those closest to them) to moderate themselves, but clearly the act of it was a huge contributor.
 
Last edited:
I wonder how many people in the workplace die from blood clots unnoticed and unremarked upon every day. It's living a sedentary lifestyle, not computer games that are to blame.
That wouldn't make such a great headline though. RIP to the guy, 20 is no age.
 
Richdog said:
Lets use some basic common sense here, the kind you should gain as you grow older and get more experienced in life.

The guy was unemployed
Wanted to be a computer game designer
Was obese

It does not take a genius to work out that he spent the vast majority of his time playing computer games, especially as many of us as techies and gamers ourselves know the dangers that lack of self control and restraint can have, especially through crappy times in our life and especially when we have been unemployed with no girlfriend or social circle to speak of. It happens. Look at him.

To think he did not spend the majority of his time playing video games, with his background, is crossing the line from naivety into ignorance. I already said that gaming itself is not the root cause, but clearly the act of it was a huge contributor.
Click to expand...

He was also offered a place studying game design at university suggesting that he may also have needed to find time to study during the day. You've taken a number of logical leaps, which is fine, but I don't think the fact that he is overweight, enjoys gaming, and unemployed actually suggests that he spent the entirety of his days, every one of them, sat on his backside indulging in 10-12 hour gaming marathons. In fact if there was enough evidence to suggest that he did this, given the nature of the article, I would have expected the Daily Mail to explicitly state it. After all it furthers the message they appear to be going for.

Your tone leaves a little to be desired. I'm sure it's possible to debate a point, even on an internet forum, without resorting to condescension. After all you know precisely nothing of my background or circumstances.
 
FortuitousFluke said:
He was also offered a place studying game design at university suggesting that he may also have needed to find time to study during the day. You've taken a number of logical leaps, which is fine, but I don't think the fact that he is overweight, enjoys gaming, and unemployed actually suggests that he spent the entirety of his days, every one of them, sat on his backside indulging in 10-12 hour gaming marathons. In fact if there was enough evidence to suggest that he did this, given the nature of the article, I would have expected the Daily Mail to explicitly state it. After all it furthers the message they appear to be going for.
Click to expand...

He was offered a place, therefore had not begun studying. He dies outside a job centre.

But anyway I'm not interested in convincing you of anything, form the article it is obvious that he was a very heavy gamer, but people are of course free to interpret it how they choose according to whatever suits their argument.
 
Richdog said:
Lets use some basic common sense here, the kind you should gain as you grow older and get more experienced in life.

  • Was obese
Click to expand...

just curious where you got that info from. I didn't see it on any of the news reports. going by his pic though he certainly wouldn't blow away in the wind, just didn't notice or realise he was actually obese
 
Richdog said:
He was offered a place, therefore had not begun studying. He dies outside a job centre.

But anyway I'm not interested in convincing you of anything, form the article it is obvious that he was a very heavy gamer, but people are of course free to interpret it how they choose according to whatever suits their argument.
Click to expand...

I don't know to much about video game design courses but I'd expect there to be a base line for entry, A-levels, equivalent qualifications, or relevant work experience, hence previous study.

I know he was unemployed, but unemployed does not imply spending all day gaming, the fact he was at a job centre may suggest he was actively looking for work (equally he could have just been doing the bare minimum to keep JSA).

Again I would class 4 hours a day as heavy gaming, but then I'm in my 30's and employed so maybe that's just my perception based on my lifestyle, I wouldn't immediately assume somebody who classes themselves as a heavy gamer is throwing 10+ hours a day regularly at it..

Either way you're right, this argument probably isn't relevant and we risk getting dragged into minutiae.

My general take is that, whilst there are certainly people who are problem gamers, I'm not sure the demonization of gaming is the right way to tackle it. I've yet to be convinced by anything I've read that gaming in and of itself is any riskier than various other past-times which can encourage obsession. Tackling the cause of obsession within the individual has to be more important than blaming the hobby.

This style of journalism irks me because I feel it drags attention away from the real issues.
 
Thekwango said:
just curious where you got that info from. I didn't see it on any of the news reports. going by his pic though he certainly wouldn't blow away in the wind, just didn't notice or realise he was actually obese
Click to expand...

Most people are considered obese these days, you don't even have to be that much overweight.
I would certainly have put him in that category looking at his picture.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom