Baby starved to death while parents focused on game baby


Business | 206736 hits | Mar 05 9:51 am | Posted by: Dillon
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Police said the couple had become obsessed with raising a virtual girl character called "Anima" in "Prius Online", a popular role-playing game in South Korea.

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  1. by avatar stemmer
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:27 am
    So sad. People today put more effort in the virtual & on-line world then the real world.

    I know a couple of blokes that had their relationships break up because of too much World of Warcraft. One fella had his wife walk out on him after being married for less then a month. The other bloke lost his long time girl friend...

  2. by avatar QBC
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:30 am
    Well, if they've lost their will to live a normal life and their real child paid the price for it, then I guess they shouldn't be allowed to live any kind of life.

  3. by avatar Proculation
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:37 am
    First thing I thought was the baby who dies starving in the movie "Trainspotting".

  4. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:40 am
    Remember Korean gamers have fallen over dead, playing marathon sessions on line.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4137782.stm

  5. by avatar QBC
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:43 am
    Too bad that didn't happen in this case, maybe the real baby would have survived.

  6. by avatar Scape
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:45 am
    Darwin winners.

  7. by avatar KorbenDeck
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:19 pm
    "Scape" said
    Darwin winners.


    Not really these parents didn't remove themselves, they removed their child

  8. by avatar Proculation
    Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:01 pm
    "KorbenDeck" said
    Darwin winners.


    Not really these parents didn't remove themselves, they removed their child

    In a sense, it's the same thing.

    They removed their offspring from the general genes pool.



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