What is the spectacular reality of a boy who became a game addict and lost his life?


ByDan Conway

Although each hobby has people, it is also a fact that that hobby can afflict people. Brett of the Americans love the game from an early age and playing and playing it is plagued by game poisoning, sometimes walking a horrible life to consider suicide.

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Brett's game addiction dates back to 1995 when grandmother gave Mega Drive to Brett's older brother. Brett is a mega drive game "Bear Knuckle"When"Sonic the hedgehogIt seems that he liked to play it. A few years later, my father bought a PC and Mr. Bret is a PC game "StarcraftI met and played for several years afterwards.

ByDigital Game Museum

In 2003, Mr. Brett moved from the United States to the Netherlands due to his father's work. Mr. Bret's worry at that time is not a life in different environments, but PlayStation 2 just purchased in the United States is unable to play games released in the Netherlands because the standards are different, so that obscurity to the game You can see.

Brett will give up playing the game on PlayStation 2 and will start to play games for PC. Mr. Brett's caught up with online FPS's "Counter strikeGame called. After that, I got into a lot of counter strikes, violent behavior became prominent, and Mr. Bret's father described my son at that time as "a wild beast."

ByGitmonation 84

An engineer's father, who was concerned about Mr. Brett's excessive game play, installed a device that forcibly releases its connection with the hard disk on the PC's board in a few hours using a metal lock. Thanks to Rock, Mr. Brett's game playing time has decreased, but Mr. Brett feels pain when not playing the game, and it suicidal wishes such as "It may be easier if you jump out of the window" comes out It seems that it was about suffering.

Mr. Brett began to play games too much and began to feel abnormal in the spirit when I was a high school student after returning to the United States. "Online game"World of Warcraft"Mr. Brett spent almost all the time except school for the game, and the playing time of one week exceeded 40 hours. Mr. Brett who continued to play the game without taking a bath or brush tooth got only a few hours of sleep and the school's grades were red in all subjects. Mr. Brett at that time was in a state where I could not understand the boundary between game and reality, he said he did not do any conversation other than about the game.

ByHartwig HKD

Brett's father finally feels the limit and forces Brett to participate in a specialized rehabilitation program. After that, Brett who participated in two rehabilitation programs for seven years afterwards, although game addiction did not cure completely, game playing time per week exceeded 65 hours.

Brett who became 23 years old in 2015 is studying at a vocational school to become a computer engineer while continuing the rehabilitation of refurbishment facilities. Although the game is not stopped, the playing time of the game has been reduced because it is limited by the facility for correction. However, Mr. Brett said, "I have not played much games now, but I want to spend the time I'm talking about on the game now," he says, and it tells how hard it is to recover from game addiction . Brett's father said, "My son has wasted my life for seven years by the game," he saddles Brett's life.

ByTHQ Insider

Brett alone is not suffering from game poisoning.TaiwanThen the game player dies after playing online games for 40 hours or more on a continuous basis,KoreaIn some cases, the case that a person who continued to play the game for more than 50 hours dies is caused, and in some cases the world has lost its life by continuing to play the game excessively. According to experts, in the United States there are more than 3 million people who are suffering from game poisoning in children from 8 to 18 years of age.

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