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From Reuters....

S.Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
Tue Aug 9, 2005 11:44 AM BST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man who played computer games for 50
hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his
mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been
playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the
southeastern city of Taegu, police said.

Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line
games on August 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go
to the toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed, they said.

"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from
exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.

Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the
daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues
and staff at the Internet cafe.

After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues
to find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the
game and then go home, the paper reported.

He died a few minutes later, it said.

South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large
and highly developed game industry.