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Man dies playing computer games86 hours on the goPublished Thursday 10th October 2002 13:50 GMT A South Korean man died after a marathon session playing computer games. The unemployed man was discovered in the toilets of an Internet café in Kwangju, 160 miles south-west of Seoul. According to Ananova, he collapsed and died after playing computer games for 86 hours non-stop without food or sleep. In February a mother from Louisiana sued Nintendo for "unspecified damages" after her son died during a marathon session playing games. The game player hit his head on a table during a seizure while playing with the console. ® Related Story
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