MMO Gaming Kills Again

• TTFU

  19 Jun 10, 22:22

  

  A boy engrossed in online gaming failed to notice his mother falling and subsequently dying, even though she was in the same room as him.

  The 13-year-old boy lived together with his parents in the city of Keelung in Taiwan, and was reportedly an avid MMO player, having received a PC from his parents as a birthday present.

  So engrossed was he that he did notice when his mother fell and banged her head on an item of furniture, causing her to lose consciousness, even though she was less than 5 metres away. He continued playing even as his mother succumbed to her injuries, expiring soon after.

  The boy claimed he paid his mother no heed as she was prescribed sedatives (apparently the cause of her fall) due to a mental illness and occasionally slept on the floor. The noise of her hitting her head he apparently ascribed to her turning in her sleep.

• Mr Milo

  19 Jun 10, 22:24

   

  my, what a wonderful setup

  no wonder the boy ignore lar

   

• LatecomerX

  20 Jun 10, 00:58

  Originally posted by TTFU:

  

  A boy engrossed in online gaming failed to notice his mother falling and subsequently dying, even though she was in the same room as him.

  The 13-year-old boy lived together with his parents in the city of Keelung in Taiwan, and was reportedly an avid MMO player, having received a PC from his parents as a birthday present.

  So engrossed was he that he did notice when his mother fell and banged her head on an item of furniture, causing her to lose consciousness, even though she was less than 5 metres away. He continued playing even as his mother succumbed to her injuries, expiring soon after.

  The boy claimed he paid his mother no heed as she was prescribed sedatives (apparently the cause of her fall) due to a mental illness and occasionally slept on the floor. The noise of her hitting her head he apparently ascribed to her turning in her sleep.

  If his parents bought him a tennis racket on his birthday and he was outside playing tennis with his friends instead, it wouldn't have made any difference.

• -StarDust-

  20 Jun 10, 10:18

  This is accident.

• TTFU

  20 Jun 10, 10:41

  Anyone saw the picture on top ? Gaming is serious business

• dangerboi

  20 Jun 10, 12:52

  childish

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  20 Jun 10, 20:26

  Haiz