in 2005, after a 50-hour Starcraft session. All we can say is we hope he won.

The man, identified only by his family name Lee, sat down to play the online battle simulation game Starcraft at an internet cafe in the southern city of Taegu last Wednesday morning and stayed there for the next three days, stopping only for brief naps or toilet breaks.

South Korean newspapers reported that Lee had recently been fired from his job because he spent too much time playing computer games. When he failed to return home by Friday, however, his mother asked his former colleagues to find him.

When they reached the cafe, Lee told his friends that he would finish the game and go home. He died a few minutes later.

Computer games are enormously popular in South Korea and professional gamers can earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article553840.ece

Maybe there is a connection bewteen the love of video games and Familial Hyperlipidemia? My husband has this disorder, which usually is found out only after they die, as death is usually the first symptom. He also loves games too much, although i don't think he would try to play for 50 hours straight- sometimes 6...