Another death blamed on games
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I like how they called Jorge a "Weapon....Halo Character"
Also, 12 hours? The most I play is at night and even then its mainly on weekends. (Not right now though, ITS SUMMER!)
Also, 12 hours? The most I play is at night and even then its mainly on weekends. (Not right now though, ITS SUMMER!)
You're reading from the Sun! They refer to him as a lad, not a man, a lad for fuck sake! They're a sensationalist tabloid who like to get all up in controversy. Why on Earth do you read it, let alone take it seriously?
Could not care less. They're idiots, this changes nothing.
Could not care less. They're idiots, this changes nothing.
Pretty much this. I started reading the article and I thought "Hey, what website is this again?" and saw the Sun. That website has consistently printed news stories about video games that were simply untrue.JourneyThroughHell said:
But to be completely honest, sitting around playing games for 12 hours at a time daily is really bad for you. Sure, a daily 12 hours of almost anything is bad, but I highly doubt that people would be as likely to exercise for 12 hours than play video games for that long. In fact, I'm sure many of us have had gaming marathons where we don't do anything but game all day.
The Sun is owned by News Corp, it's pretty much Fox News UK.
I've heard of many cases of DVT happening to people that don't play games and also haven't been on an aeroplane, it's just something which happens if you don't move around enough or are unlucky enough to have a family history of blood clotting.
Be like me, exercise your legs whilst sitting and also have a walkabout every couple of hours.
If you're worried about developing DVT i'd suggest giving this webpage a look:
http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/d/deep-vein-thrombosis#textBlock201700
I've heard of many cases of DVT happening to people that don't play games and also haven't been on an aeroplane, it's just something which happens if you don't move around enough or are unlucky enough to have a family history of blood clotting.
Be like me, exercise your legs whilst sitting and also have a walkabout every couple of hours.
If you're worried about developing DVT i'd suggest giving this webpage a look:
http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/d/deep-vein-thrombosis#textBlock201700
BULLETIN: 'Death by "The Sun"'
A YOUNG man in his twenties from the UNITED KINGDOM has suffered serious brain damage after reading paper called The Sun.
After a brief encounter with THE MURDERING NEWSPAPER on the BLOGOSPHERE, his brain cells began DYING rapidly and his IQ haemorrhaged leaving nothing but a husk of his previous WHITE human form.
We approached The Sun for a comment. They responded: "It wasn't us. It was the muslims".
A YOUNG man in his twenties from the UNITED KINGDOM has suffered serious brain damage after reading paper called The Sun.
After a brief encounter with THE MURDERING NEWSPAPER on the BLOGOSPHERE, his brain cells began DYING rapidly and his IQ haemorrhaged leaving nothing but a husk of his previous WHITE human form.
We approached The Sun for a comment. They responded: "It wasn't us. It was the muslims".
Not a bad article, actually. Shame to see so many people salivate like Pavlov's dogs at the mention of the newspaper, or at the mere suggestion that gaming can have its down side.
The headline's sensationalistic, but hopefully it'll grab the attention of marathon gamers. It's a good idea to get in the habit of getting up for a few minutes every hour. And of course, that goes for office workers too.
The headline's sensationalistic, but hopefully it'll grab the attention of marathon gamers. It's a good idea to get in the habit of getting up for a few minutes every hour. And of course, that goes for office workers too.
I actually like reading the Sun, I find it strangely amusing, kill me if you will.
I read the article earlier on today, and tbh, its not a bad article, they don't really blame the games or the xbox, and the father of the guy has set up an awareness site, not about the "evils of gaming" but about the dangers that sitting still for massive amounts of time or being inactive for ages can bring about.
Hell the dad even said that he didn't feel any anger towards Microsoft at all, and the only time the Xbox was mentioned was when his parents explained that it was his Xbox that he played on a lot.
Apart from the sensationalist headline (its a fucking newspaper), the article was good.
I read the article earlier on today, and tbh, its not a bad article, they don't really blame the games or the xbox, and the father of the guy has set up an awareness site, not about the "evils of gaming" but about the dangers that sitting still for massive amounts of time or being inactive for ages can bring about.
Hell the dad even said that he didn't feel any anger towards Microsoft at all, and the only time the Xbox was mentioned was when his parents explained that it was his Xbox that he played on a lot.
Apart from the sensationalist headline (its a fucking newspaper), the article was good.
He could have died if he had read books for 12 hours at a time, same deal with watching tv, playing piano, or using a computer. It's the sitting that killed him, not the video games.
Let's see. We have an overweight 20 year old who probably doesn't eat right and never exercised and really did nothing but play his XBOX and watch TV, maybe surf the internet who died of some medical condition that was caused by him sitting on his ass too long?
And we blame the XBOX? LMFAO
I am so glad that boy did not get to reproduce.
And we blame the XBOX? LMFAO
I am so glad that boy did not get to reproduce.
Gaderael said:
I thought the point with that argument was that blaming violence on videogames is racist if the violence is perpetrated by suburban white people, because in the case of violence by inner-city black people no-one bothers to try and find any external influence that they can blame. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but we're not talking about violence here, just couch potatoism, so if I'm intepreting the argument correctly then it doesn't apply here.Kungfu_Teddybear said:
Still retarded to blame videogames.
I would blame the lack of common sense... Not moving is bad for the body from bed sores to DVT...
I know this is the sun and I hate toe defend them but assuming he did stay in one position for twelve hours at a time it is very likely had he not liked gaming he would have lived, I mean if my father didn't have such large blood vessels he would have died of the same thing(he got it from doing wedding and school year books rather than gaming)so while the article is biased it isn't like claiming gaming caused the Oslo murders.
Actually after reading the whole article I have to say it wasn't targeting video games in a bad light. It goes on to have the father saying "I don't blame the manufacturer" and gives Microsoft's advice about taking frequent breaks to pursue other ventures. The article seemed more focused on raising awareness of DVT which I also don't see as a bad thing. The kid had an addiction to video games, and addictions are usually no good no matter what it is you are addicted to.
I don't see an issue with the article. It's all true and valid; gaming killed him. Or rather, DVT induced by doing nothing besides gaming. Sure, it's sensationalist and doesn't portray games in a very good light, but so what? Gamers need to get out of this siege mentality wherein some of us think that the media are hounding us. They aren't.
Rupert Murdoch owns the sun, the news of the world and fox news among others... notice a pattern?