Documented deaths due to World Of Warcraft 10

1. The boy jumped out of a 24-story window on December 27, 2004

http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/21757-parents-blame-death-of-son-on-world-of-warcraft

2. Neglected child dies from suffocating

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2005/6/21/547

3. Teenager who committed suicide because of “WoW Addiction”

http://www.networkliquidators.com/article-world-of-warcraft-could-it-be-killing-our-teens.asp

4. A young girl died after playing World of Warcraft for several consecutive days

http://www.joystiq.com/2005/11/04/wow-online-funeral-commemorates-death-of-young-gamer/

5. Lee collapsed to the floor after playing for 50 hours straight

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6132357.html?sid=6132357

6. A player killed a (real life) fellow player who had stolen his virtual sword.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4183340.stm

7. A 28-years-old man from Beijing

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-Fanatic-World-of-Warctaft-Gamers-Have-Died-Becouse-Of-WoW-11821.shtml

8. Death of a Man Unknown to Us

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-Fanatic-World-of-Warctaft-Gamers-Have-Died-Becouse-Of-WoW-11821.shtml

9. The 28-year-old father spent all his waking hours playing online

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/31/gaming_jail/

10. 13-year-old Tianjin boy

http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=69299&cat_id=585

Is this a true epidemic or is the media over-reacting and manipulating the facts just to create a news story?  The question that arises is, are these games affecting tomorrow’s generation or just supplying a new outlet for today’s society to socialize and interact with their friends?

By Ben Ferdinands

If you know of a gaming gone wrong story let us know.