Video Games Will Kill You (Part 2)

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8: Chris Staniforth
20-year-old Chris Staniforth died after developing deep vein thrombosis (or DVT), which caused a blockage in his lungs. This is the type of medical occurrence commonly associated with passengers on long flights, as they remain immobile for extended periods of time. DVT usually forms in the body’s deep veins as a blood clot that typically causes swelling and pain. But if the clot enters the bloodstream, however, it can cause serious health complications such as pulmonary embolisms, which are often fatal. Chris developed DVT due to the fact that he would play Xbox for extended periods of time. According to his father, Chris would play games like Halo daily, often for 12 or more hours on end. He was reportedly passionate
7: Wu Tai
After playing the online game World of Warcraft for nineteen hours straight, 24-year-old Wu Tai died in front of his computer screen. The incident took place in a Shanghai Internet café and was witnessed by other gamers and caught on CCTV cameras. After a 19-hour session with the popular fantasy role-playing game—in which he reportedly did not take any breaks—the footage shows Wu Tai as he turns left in his chair and begins to cough violently. 20-year-old Hsin Lo was sitting next to him. Lo told a news outlet that after hearing Tai groan, he turned to him and asked him if he was all right. It was at this point
6: Jake Gallagher
While playing Sonic the Hedgehog on his Xbox, 16-year-old Jake Gallagher suffered a cardiac arrest, which ultimately led to his death. In April 2013, while visiting his grandmother, the teenager began playing his favorite game. At one point during his gaming session, the teen collapsed. He was rushed to the Watford General Hospital where doctors told his mother Sarah Pyatt, that her son suffered
5: Chuang
After playing the video game Diablo III for 40 hours straight, an eighteen-year-old from Taiwan who identified himself as Chuang, collapsed in an Internet café. On the 13th of July, 2012, Chuang had reserved a private room at the Tainan Internet café for the afternoon. It was there that he began binge-playing his favorite video game. The binge would last for 40 hours, during which he reportedly had not eaten anything. On July 15th, almost two days later, one of the staff
4: Rustam
Russian teenager Rustam would reportedly play the Defense of the Ancients online game for hours on end, developing a gaming addiction that would eventually cost him his life. In the year-and-a-half up to his demise, he had more than 2,000 in-game hours (or the equivalent of 83 days). According to his parents, who explained the rest of his schedule to a media outlet, this amounted to six hours of playtime every day. 22 days prior to his death, Rustam had broken his leg. It was during this period that his playing time increased significantly, according to the 17-year-old’s mother. She stated
3: Hsieh
32-year-old Taiwanese native Hsieh was found dead in an Internet café after playing an online computer game for three days straight. He entered the Kaohsiung Internet café on the January 6th, 2015. But on the 8th of January at around 10 am, a member of the café’s staff found him sprawled on the table...motionless. Police and emergency services were called, and Hsieh was taken to the hospital where the doctors determined that he had died from cardiac failure. Over-exhaustion and cold temperatures were believed to have contributed
2: Tim Eves
25-year-old Tim Eves was considered by many to be a healthy person in fit physical condition. According to his family, his girlfriend Emma Tuck, and his roommate and childhood friend Lewis Hickin, Tim did not lead a sedentary lifestyle. He reportedly enjoyed outdoor activities such as fishing and cycling, and he played drums for his band “Distant Sun”. He worked as a laborer for Yarmouth Steel Services along with Hickin and his father. He had even made a recent voyage out to Portugal to see his parents, who lived there, in order to celebrate his mother’s 50th birthday. But on March 4th, 2009, a few hours after returning home from Portugal, he began playing on the Wii Fit
1: Brian Vigneault
February 19th, 2017: Brian Vigneault—father of 3—dies while participating in a 24-hour video gaming marathon. He was hosting a video game challenge at the time of his death with the purpose of raising money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Prior to the charity event, Vigneault had reportedly spent days live-streaming for 20 hours at a time. Under the username “Poshybrid,” the 35-year-old had built a fan base in the online gaming community associated with the World of Tanks. He was also a frequent streamer on Amazon's gaming platform, “Twitch”. 22 hours into the marathon, Vigneault took