http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/south.korea.baby.dead/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Police have arrested a South Korean couple whose toddler starved to death while they were raising a virtual child online, authorities said.
The couple fed their 3-month-old daughter once a day between marathon stretches in a local Internet cafe, where they were raising a virtual child in the fantasy role-playing game Prius Online, police told local reporters Friday.
Multitasking is HARD. :(
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Christ, the gaming community is like Peru. All you ever hear is the bad news. I'm sure there are some gems in there, but it's the 'tards that garner all the attention.
Tare wrote:
they were raising a virtual child in the fantasy role-playing game Prius Online
"Turn left.. here... no LEFT! Your other left! Watch out! Swerve around that elf! Now the battery is running low... Christ, go home and feed the baby and let me take over..."
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I hate biased news like this. They don't even tell us how well they raised the virtual kid.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5Bh_g8JCU
At least it looks better than most Korean MMOs.
At least it looks better than most Korean MMOs.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
I missed the child reaering in among all the archery catgirls and dramatic running shots.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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Christ, the gaming community is like Peru. All you ever hear is the bad news. I'm sure there are some gems in there, but it's the 'tards that garner all the attention.
This just in, a man in Wyoming has just earned maximum gold on 50 characters in World of Warcraft. We bring you live to his room where he spent all that time earning the gold. Excuse me sir, how did you manage to make that much gold? Did the steady diet of Doritos and Mountain Dew have any impact on your ability to farm that gold? Now that you have maximum gold, what is your next goal?
Seriously though, sometimes you will hear about people earning rewards for gaming competition but never for beating Ninja Gaiden on its hardest setting. Only due to two reasons. One, most of the feelings of accomplishment only apply to those that achieved said accomplishment on the game. Second, the way news is currently set up is that only the things that shock or awe us tend to be broadcast. Would you watch the news if it talked about how some gal knitted her 10,000 sweater or how a man finally stopped drinking alcohol?
What Joph said. Also, there was quite a collection of tiggos in the video linked.
Edited, Mar 7th 2010 7:43pm by Paskil
Edited, Mar 7th 2010 7:43pm by Paskil
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Would you watch the news if it talked about how some gal knitted her 10,000 sweater
Yeah, if she'd starved her baby to death while she did it.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Criminy wrote:
Second, the way news is currently set up is that only the things that shock or awe us tend to be broadcast.
The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
Criminy wrote:
Second, the way news is currently set up is that only the things that shock or awe us tend to be broadcast.
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No thanks. I'll pass.
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