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Documented deaths due to World Of Warcraft 10

The boy jumped out of a 24-story window on December 27, 2004
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/22/suicideclaim-worldofwarcraft/

Neglected child dies from suffocating
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2005/6/21/547

Teenager who committed suicide because of “WoW Addiction”
http://www.networkliquidators.com/article-world-of-warcraft-could-it-be-killing-our-teens.asp

A young girl died after playing World of Warcraft for several consecutive days
http://www.zerogamers.com/gaming-news/5618-girl-dies-playing-wow.html

Lee collapsed to the floor after playing for 50 hours straight
http://au.gamespot.com/news/6132357.html?sid=6132357

A player killed (real life)a fellow player who had stolen his virtual sword.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4183340.stm

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

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

The 28-year-old father spent all his waking hours playing online
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/31/gaming_jail/

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