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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Stephanie: Although I believe younger kids probably shouldn't be playing online games, period, the limits will probably vary by person otherwise. I'm not an online person, but I am a somewhat avid PC gamer, and will play for 7-8 hours on end, and I haven't experienced anything just yet.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[S.J.C.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 1:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA["Depend on the parents"?? yeah right... I think it's a little too late for that kind of hope. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluhawk90]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 16th 2009 6:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just plain stupid.  I play online games, but I know I still have to eat, drink, and sleep.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 10:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've played games for a long time but never neglected my own care. These guys needed to reset their priorities and I'm sorry for their families' loss. Can you imagine having to say "My son died gaming"? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 11:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder how much of this is due to personal choice, and how much of it is "job related".  In World of Warcraft, the term "Chinese gold farmers" is used to refer to off-shore employees who take a character to the highest level in a few days for an amount of money, or who repeatedly play in order to farm in-game money and items.  This is in violation of the user agreement; why should players who follow the rules have self imposed limits put in place to monitor activity that is against the rules of the user agreement?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 10:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[GET A JOB - DUMBASSES]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[txnguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 11:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is no mention if these "gamers" are betting online for all these hours on end.  Either way, it's a pathetic way to go!!  I've seen people playing eight-liners for hours on end, wonder how many of them have met with the same fate. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmen Luna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 11:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[Very sad, such a huge waste.<br>Couldn't kick the addiction --<br><br>We should have time limits built in here as well ---<br>KIDS much younger than these young men are allowed to play for hours on end, hurting their eyes and doing<br>who knows what other physiological damage to themselves --<br><br>INBUILT LIMITS ARE AN EXCELLENT IDEA --- THREE HOURS A DAY AT MOST --- or the character kicks the bucket (instead).  Brilliant solution, hopefully they won't just create other characters...  Whether at home or elsewhere,  there needs to be a limit imposed.<br><br>2 hours is preferable, that's quite damaging enough.   My eyes ache after 20-30 minutes....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 1:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thank you Stephanie for deciding how I can spend my time. A parental control? Fine. (Although,  unplugging the Xbox works great!) Otherwise, it's heartless but it's natural selection. If you can't stop playing a game to save your own life, the human race is better off without our DNA clouding the gene pool.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 17th 2007 9:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies After Days of Non-Stop Gaming]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/09/17/man-dies-after-days-of-non-stop-gaming/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone find it kinda convenient that China says it will be cracking down on 'internet addicts' and this just happens to come out not 2 weeks after that announcement?<br>I find it very convenient, and think this was planted by the Chinese government to make it appear that playing online games is worse than it actually is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Kidwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 19th 2007 4:56PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
