GAMED TO DEATH
Addiction to online computer games seems to be a growing problem in Asian countries. China and South Korea have both had incidents in which someone died after playing games nonstop for an incredibly long period, sometimes two days or more. A man in China died after a three-day gaming binge at an Internet café (where most online gaming in Asia seems to take place) in 2007 [source: CNN]. These countries have set up special counseling centers to deal with gaming addictions, and China has enacted strict laws limiting Internet café access.