24-Hour World Of Warcraft Marathon Gives 15-Year Old Seizure


	24-Hour World Of Warcraft Marathon Gives 15-Year Old Seizure

Brian Caulfield

11-18-2008 2:44 AM

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world of warcraft, gaming, compulsion, addiction, convulsion, seizures, stupidity

Brian Caulfield says:

Hate to see what happens when these massively-multiplayer online roleplaying games get even more engrossing.

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