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"Death By Xbox"
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126 comments so far...
boonattack on 30 Jul '11 said:
Just read the story, deep vein thrombosis caused through sitting in one position for too long.
F*** better ban TV's whilst yr at it.
shadow663 on 30 Jul '11 said:
So now their angle is gonna be to blame games for blood clots. Dude should have gotten up and moved about, not like there isn't a choice
MD1500 on 30 Jul '11 said:
And that comes a day after this article about the 3DS price cut being due to sickness issues.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... -sick.html
And the full article about the XBox is on their website now. He was killed by Deep Vein Thrombosis, usually associated with long haul flights. So nothing to do with the Xbox at all. He just sat down for too long without moving.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... -time.html
boonattack on 30 Jul '11 said:
Even the games console banning groups are going to have to overlook this one, unless of course they really are stupid.
Also, to the above poster, bit picky - but do we really need The Sun getting traffic from here?
Laughlyn on 30 Jul '11 said:
i doubt my post will make it through their filter but as i said 'death by being idle' doesnt quite have the same impact. DVT can hit anyone spending more than 5 hours at a time in one position. what baffles me is he played it for 12hours, non stop according to his parents... the guy must've had a bladderthe size of a bin bag. If i'm havinbg a full on gaming sesh i generally have some form of chilled and refreshing beverage next to my chair and i'm usually up every 3 hour for a pee.
chedda memba on 30 Jul '11 said:
And who said the Xbox wasn't as powerful as the ps3 eh?
slick loose on 30 Jul '11 said:
I had some great jokes and I'm sure some of you have too but can we try to remember that someone has died, that the parents have lost their child. He wasn't a bad person either, just very lazy.
R.I.P Chris Staniforth.
MrPirtniw on 30 Jul '11 said:
I dunno about 12 hour sessions on the Xbox- but when I'm drawing artwork it can take anything from a few hours to a full day- so what next? Death by pencil? Death by graphics tablet? ... I do tend to get up for regular tea sessions which inevitably lead to regular wee sessions though.
But still- I need to blame something!!
altitude2k on 30 Jul '11 said:
Well, if you're gonna go...
Nod Nolan on 30 Jul '11 said:
Rupert Murdoch needs to let the Sun join the Scrap heap he put News of the World onto...
voodoo341 on 30 Jul '11 said:
Of course CVG have never posted untrue stories.
slick loose on 30 Jul '11 said:
It's hardly of the same scale!
voodoo341 on 30 Jul '11 said:
Scale? If you're going to pull some for sensationalising a story then don't be as guilty of it yourself. CVG are as often just as WRONG as the Sun is.
slick loose on 30 Jul '11 said:
Get over yourself mate. CVG don't go round blaming forms of media for peoples deaths.
Don't like CVG? You know where the door is.
Good Day to you troll!
voodoo341 on 30 Jul '11 said:
steve w on 30 Jul '11 said:
He just needs to press X to respawn.
slick loose on 30 Jul '11 said:
And you have still to explain how CVG is like the Sun who's headline is "Death by XBOX".
Oh right I forgot to call you a name, how's "t**t"? I know it's a bit common and simple but I can't help but be a bit sophomoric at times. (Read: all the time)
Mmmmgrolsch on 30 Jul '11 said:
The parents are f**king idiots. They want to raise awareness of DVT, but only through playing video games?
Like thats the only time people sit in one spot for so many hours? What about these facebook geeks that live on the computer refreshing news feed? And People that work on a computer in a office.
Lets face it the last was a lazy f**ker that probably even p**sed in a bottle.
runadumb on 30 Jul '11 said:
Must say I have to agree. I like this site and frequent it often but my BS meter is on full alert whenever I use it. CVG really is the gaming equivalent of the tabloid newspapers.
lordirongut on 30 Jul '11 said:
They probably found out by hacking his phone...
theaface on 30 Jul '11 said:
CSoD: Couch Spring of Death.
Balladeer on 30 Jul '11 said:
Slick, this site is totally the tabloid of games journalism. I mod. the place and I wouldn't deny it. They don't make up stories, but by God do they love the sensationalist approach.
a3HeadedMonkey on 30 Jul '11 said:
I hate people like you that act like they're on some moral crusade for a person they never knew. I bet you cried when Amy Winehouse died & wore a single glove all day after Jacko croaked it.
If you really do care about this chubby layabout, go make a facebook group about him so all your friends can see what a wonderfully caring person you are, because here, no one gives a f**k.
Cock.
Old Skool Gamer on 30 Jul '11 said:
There was another story on there this week about a girl dying of the xbox as well.
legend of woody on 30 Jul '11 said:
"I'm not for one minute blaming the manufacturer of Xbox. It isn't their fault that people use them for so long." A quote from the dad there as found in the article.
Remember kids, stay in school otherwise you too could end up as a Sun journalist.
FlimFlam on 30 Jul '11 said:
With all the bad press the tabloids are currently getting (deliciously ironic and justified it is too) it's good to see them just sticking to the facts...
Seriously... front page? That is just sad. Terrible headline, total non-story, the sooner The Sun shuffles off it's diseased, plague ridden mortal coil the better. Skank rag.
Whiplash x360a on 30 Jul '11 said:
And I hate people who have to troll someone who is morning over the dead. Is that how you treat people who want to be honest about the situation...
middle finger on 30 Jul '11 said:
Buy kinect and save yourself you fat, lazy, unshaved c**t.
I'm sure Microsoft will use this story to advertise health potential of kinect.
middle finger on 30 Jul '11 said:
I know, looks like xbox is on a rampage. No wonder, after playing all this violent games.
kimoak on 30 Jul '11 said:
Eventually the games industry will not be a target for this kind of journalism. It will be interesting to see what they will choose next. The low intelligence of anyone that would actually believe these kinds of stories must be incredibly low. I guess it shows how far one of our favourite passtimes has come.
optimus1976 on 30 Jul '11 said:
I played my 360 for 12 hours the other day.
Strange thing is I didn't die, my xbox did.
dm_1782 on 30 Jul '11 said:
Isn't this another Rupert Murdoch paper. Hmmm
imbusydoctorwho on 30 Jul '11 said:
Wasn't there a girl died while playing the Xbox in the Sun the other day.
Wow that is scary,but I wouldn't play it for 12 hours.
They probably hacked his phone anyway,RIP btw.
farmer_boy on 30 Jul '11 said:
I 100% back you on this, people shouldn't be made to feel sorry because some lazy bastard has killed himself
notalktalk on 30 Jul '11 said:
just reading that rag every day is enought to bring about an attack .
Ali_ on 30 Jul '11 said:
Internet sensationalism by all parties. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
jim2wheels on 30 Jul '11 said:
This thread really shows some people's true colours...
CrispyLog on 30 Jul '11 said:
Killed himself? The lad was playing online for a day with no problems and then the next day he had a spasm and fainted and died because his body was unknowingly vulnerable. How the f**k is that killing himself?7
Slate the sun by all means, but give the lad a breake. He did what most of us have probably done in the past, only his body packed in from it, he's no different to us only bloody unfairly unlucky. And as for his parents, they've even said they don't blame the console or the games, they know they are good fun but they just want young people to realise the dangers, to see this as a warning. Be thankful that they are dealing with their grief in a constructive and positive way rather than blaming the games and suing Microsoft.
NEO_SUPERMAN on 30 Jul '11 said:
Wow, R.I.P. Fella. The Sun is an absolute s**t rag of a paper.
When I was unemployed after university I used to sit for about 10 hours playing Gears of war MP. Scary stuff.
If anything, the only good thing about this article is highlighting the risks about DVT. Don't sit in the same position for more than 4 hours people. I suppose we should be having a break every hour anyway, and looking into the distance and focusing to help our vision. Not that I've ever done that though.
He was only 20 though, an extremely unlikely and unfortunate incident.
deepbluerd on 30 Jul '11 said:
If your going to blame anyone blame the parents. They are the ones who watched him play for 12 hours and did nothing. It says in every Xbox game that you should take breaks when playing for longer periods of time. This guy is 20 and is old enough to know that. Its common f##king sense.
G_R7 on 30 Jul '11 said:
If you could die from playing games for 12+ hours everyone who posts on this site should have died 100 times over, at least, by now!
KK-Headcharge78 on 30 Jul '11 said:
'Airplanes don't cause bloodclots, Xbox's do....'
There's a chart hit somewhere in there.
Anyhow f**k the Sun and their bile, this kid should have got his ass up more, perhaps his friends/parents should have offered some support, perhaps he himself should have thought 'hey I like my games but there is a world out there too' But oh no blame the inanimate object, blame the console that millions play (funny as I am yet to see swathes of gamers dropping dead)
f**king cretins, go hack some phones.
Oh and RIP to the kid, just a shame his sad death is fronted by these c**ts.
Legend Turtle on 30 Jul '11 said:
I respect people's right to feel sadness and empathy for the guy, but I don't think you should restrict everyone's liberty by saying we all have to feel the same way about this story.
skanal1 on 30 Jul '11 said:
Sometimes I agree with WRONG, but in this case the article is right. The guy got a blood clot because he sat there playing games for too long. He should have had the sense to stop. In a way, he "died by xbox". I hate to say it, but the Sun is kinda right in this case. I don't like the headline but it seems true. Maybe there's another side of DVT that the Sun hasn't shown us, as they man could have had a condition prior to this, but assuming (uh-oh) that the Sun has taken into account everything, the man brought it on himself by playing videogames for too long.
Grapple on 30 Jul '11 said:
The logic here is that anything that happens to a person while playing games is blamed on the console.
I got a stomach bug last week while playing LA Noire. Naughty Xbox, how dare you.
Those raw prawns had nothing to do with it.
slick loose on 30 Jul '11 said:
Wanna re read that again and ask who the cock really is? No I didn't cry when Amy Winehouse died but nor did I find all the jokes that came out instantly after her death funny.
I'm not doing it for attention, a person has just died. His parents must be going through Hell, if I lost my daughter I would probably take my own life. And it's not like he did something incredibly stupid, I'm sure many of us gamers have sat there for more than 4 hours playing the game. I did it plenty of times as a teenager...PLENTY!
If you wanna make jokes about someone dying, well then do what you gotta do...I hope it makes you feel good about yourself. I just don't understand why you have to jump on people who do have a soul, do you just feel guilty because you feel nothing?
I feel terribly bad for him and his family...so sue me!
mogel94 on 30 Jul '11 said:
It seems the Sun is willing to accuse anything of crimes just so people will get of it's back for the phone hacking scandal. I think it should have been taken down along with NOTW. The fact there using the deaths of this poor kid as well as Amy Whinehouse to try and make people forget the fact that they have been outed as a f**king despicable paper is sickening to say the least.
alan666 on 30 Jul '11 said:
this had zero to do with playing a xbox.
Jedi_sniper on 30 Jul '11 said:
Tuh!! What ever next. I've done 8 hours of gaming, and I really didn't have a problem. Just take the next day off and your fine.
From the Sun's article:
I love this quote that was in the comments on the Sun's article:
Is this telling you anything but any chance?
Little Franklin on 30 Jul '11 said:
What's the big deal, no ones saying games are evil or anything, just that it's bad to sit in one position for too long.
It's a testament to how much fun our medium must be that it can kill people in this way.
middle finger on 30 Jul '11 said:
I did 18 hours once, many times 12 hours. But i do exercise. That's a totally bad luck.
So, hear me now you fat bastards, go shave yourself, go to hairdresser, then do ten push ups and put back your forks for a while, ah, and make yourself a nice picture to the newspaper in case you're next.
martinawatson on 30 Jul '11 said:
MAW enters while wearing black wig and shell suit "calm down , calm down, everyone"
Interesting how many people die when playing the xbox and 360, when you look into it there have been several thousand in the UK alone this year.
The post mortems have been enlightening too , very pale grey skin, poor (weedy) physical condition and usually homosexual . In contrast the ps3 has been linked to increased fertility , general vitality, being a real man and relieving ailments such as leprosy , hair loss , and old age.
I think we can all agree that xbox and xbox 360 should be banned worldwide, thanks.
These above views are not mine (being a ps3 owner it could be perceived that i have a bias towards said product) but was gleaned from research on the net using top science sites and popular news sites too and is in fact....errr.... science fact , and if you've got something to say about it ,,,,then Whatever (shows hand) and i cant hear you (fingers in ears) "lalaa la la laaaaaaaaa".
Ps not startin
ianson on 30 Jul '11 said:
News just in:
AFFLUENCE KILLS
Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire media mogul, suffered a DVT while returning to Australia aboard his private jet. A victim of an affluent lifestyle his untimely death came after sitting for 12 hours, at his laptop checking his stock options aboard his executive class Boeing private jet. The coroner has stated that a mixture of "inactivity, self importance and unscrupulous behaviour" were to blame for his blood becoming so thick with bile that it was " that is heart could pump the blood any longer". This has led the World Health Organisation to call for a "ban on being rich". A statement from Ms T Role of WHO was released calling for an end to the "systematic destruction" of the worlds wealthy by the "plague of opulence" that has become rife since they received their money. Murdoch's Newspapers, known for sensationalist headlines and "dubious" research methods, has seen several deaths in the past 10 years leading many to believe the death toll will continue to rise. It would seem that the extent of the carnage caused by this unstoppable tide of credit has yet to be quantified.
Anton the 3rd on 30 Jul '11 said:
DVT ay?
Looks like this fella...
DIED IN VEIN.
Condolences.
gmcb007 on 30 Jul '11 said:
Ah who cares really? Anyone who buys or believes The Sun isn't smart enough to actually do anything about it. It's a tragedy yes, but it's a joke that they're exploiting a death just to spew filth.
sexycaptaindave on 30 Jul '11 said:
The article reads "Over the years Chris had a whole range of different consoles, everything from PlayStations to Xboxes"
Man that is quite the collection...
rikkicm on 30 Jul '11 said:
Reminds me of the Warcraft episode of South Park where Cartman has to shout his mum down to c**p in a pot while they all try and level up on Warcraft just to beat soem fat bloke who's killing them all.
DAEDALUS79 on 30 Jul '11 said:
Lets just ban chairs whilst we are at it, in fact just go whole hog and ban sitting down, that will shake things up!
AJDarkstar on 30 Jul '11 said:
A mate of mine died of a pulmonary embolism (basically the same as a DVT) in 2003, presumably for the same reason. I got one after a knee op but got to the hospital in time to be saved, but it was damned scary. Now I'm so paranoid about them that I can't sit still for very long at all. I don't even know how people can do it - I have to get up every hour or so if only for a p**s or a drink!
Darkwun on 30 Jul '11 said:
i cant even remember the amount of times ive gone for "one more play" of an "tales," "fire emblem" or final fantasy game to find ive played for stupid amound of hours. dvt can be attributed to so many extraneous factors that its just plain unlucky sometimes. someone csn play 12 hours everyday... and be fine. one person can play for 6 hours one day... dead. i can tell you, that with someone with two brain clots that they as of yet after a year of tests have found NO cause for, clots are a funny thing, and when all your friends play for long sessions everyday (mine dont and neither do i without breaks, im speaking generally), its easy to think "its not gonna happen to me.". yes he was a lil naive to just sit there, but in retrospect its easy to make judgements. nobody's making you feel sorry for him. its aworld full of opinion and perspective. but calling someone out for paying their respects is just plain dumb. like someone else here said, its not just his life affected, his parents have lost a child through a tragic preventable accident. this is something that DOES actually keep happening. can you really blame a parent for wanting to stop another feeling what they are? fair play to his family for not sensationalising this. doesnt surprise me the sun tried. its the f**king sun!
Imaduck on 30 Jul '11 said:
Hey look bewbs!
TheLastDodo on 30 Jul '11 said:
Poor guy. Still, like Winehouse, knew the risks of his lifestyle (or should've), condolences to his family anyway.
Judging by his parents comments it sounds more a case of his luck finally running out than being unlucky this time.
Also to all the morons getting on slicks back over showing some compassion, please shut the hell up.
If you want to have a go at this guy for being lazy or stupid or if you wanna make jokes then go ahead but don't get arsey with people like slick showing a bit of compassion to the guys family.
You might think you look cool but you actually look like a right tit.
Very_Silver_Ownz on 30 Jul '11 said:
Does anyone actually buy the Sun other then to look at page 3 ?
Ellscore on 30 Jul '11 said:
The title on the newspaper is actually correct if you want to get grammatically
pedantic.
The sun is by far the best for football. I always buy it.
damoxuk on 30 Jul '11 said:
Quote from that article.
I'm amazed they let that comment in from the dad of the deceased. The wording from the Sun is as usual bulls**t. Words like "killed" are but what do you expect from News Corrupt I mean corp no actually no I don't
alan666 on 30 Jul '11 said:
how about CVG put some money in & send some flowers to his furnal or something, you know solidarity as gamers ?
Imaduck on 30 Jul '11 said:
What would money achieve?
He's dead ...
humanhand on 30 Jul '11 said:
The thing that anchors your point there is when you say "moral crusade". With that I think your sensationalizing the situation yourself. But just because you are provoking, which does make you a real ass, you get others to defend themselves. You could've gone about you point in a better way. I just don't find that cool at all. True colors shown.
Headsrinker on 30 Jul '11 said:
This should read: 'Death by being a lazy c*nt'
(im not having a go at him personally, but this isn't front page news)
alan666 on 30 Jul '11 said:
to buy some flowers for his funeral, maybe in the shape of a xbox or something.
at least he died doing something he loved.
Lady Gagagged on 30 Jul '11 said:
That isn't a bad idea. It could have been anyone of us.
MD1500 on 30 Jul '11 said:
The Sun also comment on this in their Sun Says section.
And I'm linking to this story via IstyOsty - to deprive Turdcock of revenue.
http://www.istyosty.com/b/?u=Oi8vd3d3Ln ... &f=norefer
jim2wheels on 30 Jul '11 said:
Well said mate. I was close to going into keyboard rage, but what's the point? It's certainly highlighted some hidden turds floating around here who I won't be conversing with anymore.
Laughlyn on 30 Jul '11 said:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... lpost.html
Wonder if tomorrows headline on the paper will be 'DEATH BY GOALPOST'?
I highly doubt it eh. Xbox's now Goalposts, Whats the world coming to? please lord, the menace that falls onto our recreation i ask you! WHERE ARE OUR CHILDREN SAFE?!?!?
Lady Gagagged on 30 Jul '11 said:
I understand your frustration but if you stop engaging them how will they learn? I like the fact that people like Jim, Dodo and Slick post here and don't get as frustrated as I do with the morons.
Jensonjet on 30 Jul '11 said:
The Sun's just trolling... they're PS3 fans.
A better headline would have been Death by poor seating!
Or Death by poor parenting!
Really it was more a case of Death by poor luck!
It's almost unbelievable that the newspaper is willing to use the death of a child to sell more copies. Then again...!
With the ethics of British journalists being so low we can't be too far from one of the big newspapers actually paying someone to commit murder just for the exclusive story. They'd probably get away with it too; a few public apologies including press advertisements run in the competition's papers, a couple of sackings, a corrupt government inquiry, and all's forgotten. Job done. Sensational story, and a lot of publicity.
Imaduck on 30 Jul '11 said:
On my comment about money, I just meant: it seems to be the thing to do, parents lose a child - "here have some money! Money makes everything better doesn't it?". I'm not a fan of that. Showing respect is good though. It would be odd for CVG to send flowers or something though. I mean, it's not like they know the parents or anything so it'd probably be a little unusual for the parents. It's a shame he died like that, but I'm sure the parents have enough to deal with without random websites sending them flowers.
Lady Gagagged on 30 Jul '11 said:
The problem with that attitude is that there is a serious side to the article and the balanced views of the parents. The headline is sensationalism but the report is balanced and you have to respect that.
KippDynamite on 30 Jul '11 said:
Epic fail.
Lady Gagagged on 30 Jul '11 said:
Was that necessary? It isn't like A3HM responded as if to justify his view. He might be a cock but dragging it up serves no purpose.
jim2wheels on 30 Jul '11 said:
I know we're both fans of the "stop chucking money at problems" theory, it came across ok in my opinion mate. The fact you reiterated your post anyway shows your moral compass is in fine working order.
@Gagagged
Kind words in a filthy thread warms the soul.
Solm on 30 Jul '11 said:
Blame blame blame what's wrong with these people why they feel the need to blame gaming on deaths, people die all the time from drink, drugs and natural causes why do the press keep blaming gaming on everything they should get the message GAMING IS A PASTIME like all other pastimes.
TheLastDodo on 30 Jul '11 said:
I'd love to reason with them Gagagged, unfortunately some can't be reasoned with, I mean just think about the post where it all started, someone showing a bit of compassion for the guy's family and he gets shouted down and insulted for it, why? I'm not saying we should all be terribly upset and cry ourselves to sleep over Chris Staniforth's death but what kind of person decides they're going to go out of their way to attack and insult someone for feeling sorry for the guys family?
Gagagged I don't know a better way to put it.......some people just enjoy being stupid.
rogueybear on 31 Jul '11 said:
Unless he was beaten to death by an inanimate object out of it's own newly found free will, which then caused a blood clot... the Sun is wrong.
deepbluerd on 31 Jul '11 said:
Guys we have it all wrong Metro news says he died playing Halo 4. So he managed to kill himself in the future
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/870898-stud ... -4-on-xbox
yourmumwasfun on 31 Jul '11 said:
All of you, you didn't even read the article. He died when waiting in front of job centre. Until then he was perfectly safe. If anyone of you will decide to go and get a job one day, don't do it suddenly. Your body might be for a shock, just like A.Winehouse.
SavageEvil on 31 Jul '11 said:
Condolences to the family of the deceased. I am not sure how anyone can sit still for that many hours, seriously after about 45 mins my bum is getting numb of being in one position and I totally shift position to something else. My room is set up to be not overly comfortable while playing games. I have played games for many hours on end but 12 hours, that's quite a bit I haven't done that since I was in my early 20's. Weird is I have gotten that odd pain behind the knee from staying in one position too long as a kid, wasn't playing videos games though, was watching endless hours of...television.
First of all things a parent should always focus on, a teen should not be doing multiple hour stints of gaming especially when they are overweight, that is just unnecessary strain on an already strained vascular system. Seriously they just made an error in judgement and did not think about these things, I admire them for doing something about it so parents can be aware. The Sun again, is trying to villify video games, these right wing religious fanatics are beyond ridiculous...so many things are evil, yet they don't consider themselves evil for using this tragedy in this way, it's appalling and just distasteful and disrespectful to the family. I wonder how much longer we collectively have as the dominant species on this earth?
slick loose on 31 Jul '11 said:
/Hugs Dodo, Jim and and Gagagged...you are now part of my wolf pack
(I watched The Hangover last night, great film)
Felly117 on 31 Jul '11 said:
Me and 3 friends once did a 24 hour gaming session (with quick 15 minute breaks for food and toilet) to raise cash for Help for Heroes charity. Other than a banging headache (probably due to lack of sleep) we were all OK. I guess that the guy was really unlucky. It's not that common a cause of death.
Oh and I've just thought of the next great headline "DiePad" someone dies playing on there ipad.
razors edge on 31 Jul '11 said:
Should have been playing a Kinect = no problem.
Or better yet on the 3DS, I'm always moving round on that trying to hit the 'sweet spot'.
martinawatson on 31 Jul '11 said:
Oh and I've just thought of the next great headline "DiePad" someone dies playing on there ipad.
That made me laugh out loud by the way
Legrasse on 31 Jul '11 said:
Most of the time I wouldn't believe the date on this paper.
prof_crunchy on 31 Jul '11 said:
The Sun...I wouldn't wipe my arse on it.
slick loose on 31 Jul '11 said:
Well no, it would hurt and leave print on said arse...
chunkyboymania on 31 Jul '11 said:
Poor guy guess there is a lesson to be learnt here even though I can't remember the last time I played a game for 12 hours straight without moving.. probably never had.. he must have been having an intense session. Oh and what's with the retarded comments above? If you're gonna be harsh then at least be funny otherwise shut the f**k up.
rbt2 on 31 Jul '11 said:
Spot on Voodoo.
Too much hatred for the Super Soarawy on here.
Mainly by geeks that think they're 'right on' and probably knit their own museli flavoured yoghurt.
rbt2 on 31 Jul '11 said:
It's not often I agree with a3HeadedMonkey but he's damn right in this instance.
Who would mourn some geek they don't know?
And who gives a flying f**k anyhoo?
AegisK on 31 Jul '11 said:
I always thought The Sun was a picture book made to look like a newspaper. Didn't realise anyone actually read it...
STE MO on 31 Jul '11 said:
Hold on a minute who here actually gets past page 3? Yeah thought so.
Mandatory Grape on 31 Jul '11 said:
Just reading through this and people seem to be forgetting that they are talking about somebody who died. Show a little respect.
rbt2 on 31 Jul '11 said:
Yeah but he was a geek.
rbt2 on 31 Jul '11 said:
Playing on a 360?????
He needed a girlfriend.
Now at least he'd have been doing summat he ought to have loved.
As for playing 360 then dying...if he died loving this then the f**king nerd deserved to die!
i like jam donut on 31 Jul '11 said:
FFS, he died in front of job centre.
adam-ell on 31 Jul '11 said:
Blaming video games for a real life tragedy eh.... RACISMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
Barca Azul on 1 Aug '11 said:
The headline would have been enough, scraping the barrel again news group.
ld have been enough, scraping the barrel again news group.
ColePhelps on 1 Aug '11 said:
I've said this before and I'll say it again, I despise these 'W.R.O.N.G' articles. There is only one thing these articles do achieve and that is highlighting the ignorance that we bear in the gaming community.
Why was Chris in a seated position for roughly 12 hours at a time? Nothing to do with the XBox is my guess..
Perhaps he just liked sitting motionless for 12 hours at a time normally and thought 'Hey, I'll play some Reach online whilst I sit here'
In fact it had a great deal to do with the XBox but also his whole lifestyle (diet, playing video games, exersize) and possibly even his genetics.
If Chris had the same lifestyle as he did but didn't play on the XBox/ PC/ watch TV for hours on end. Do you think he'd still be dead from thrombosis?
NO
I can't see how anybody here can honestly believe that the XBox had nothing to with his death. Sure the headline is as misleading as ever but so are most of CVG's headlines because it is a tried and tested method of grabbing attention.
xabi on 1 Aug '11 said:
okiee so are the parents suing the Microsoft??
y just they cant stop their f**king children to stop playing for so long insted of blaming consoles or games afterwards??
LordVonPS3 on 1 Aug '11 said:
Nearest thing I've had to DVT is a 10 hour flight to Hong Kong followed by a 10 hour flight to Sydney. Long, boring, sleepless, naff flights - but not bad enough to kill me (yet), nor actually give me DVT (that I know of). Close? Who knows, but definitely no cigaro Holmes.
I'd like to try and draw parallels between the XBox and Playstation but Forza's hire a driver function means I will never run an endurance race on the XBox and while I have done a 4 hour endurance race in GT5, I still haven't gotten around to the 6, 9 and 24 hour races yet. Pressing the pause button a few times is necessary because as you might guess, I have other things to do besides drive virtual cars around. Even lorry drivers take breaks just as Le Mans drivers like Allan McNish do.
It's always "sad" when someone pops off from something like this, whether it's DVT or extreme obesity. All it shows is that everyone is different. More so called intelligent people should learn and remember this. Trying to impose ever more burdensome rules and laws to treat us all the same way isn't warranted. For example a "feature" whereby your XBox would only play for 4 continuous hours before saving state and turning itself off for 10 minutes - to force you to take a break - is not a good idea, but taking a 10 minute break probably is. After all, you can't guarantee what someone will do for those 10 minutes. Sitting there waiting means it is just as bad (or good) as watching all the Harry Potter movies back to back.
Each to their own!
Gamer4LIFE2011 on 1 Aug '11 said:
AWW Poor CVG LoL Their favorite games console got bad press
Anyway why is it wrong for? It was true.
thecheeseking on 1 Aug '11 said:
the sun are all idiots. It's because that guy sat in one place without moving for 12 hours straight. That's what caused the blood clot.
the sun should think before they right.
voodoo341 on 1 Aug '11 said:
slick loose on 1 Aug '11 said:
Classic!
middle finger on 1 Aug '11 said:
See you at sunday, in comments of the week.
gmcb007 on 1 Aug '11 said:
But they have two right so they khan make a storey, it the write thing two do.
colejay on 1 Aug '11 said:
Once again The Scum...sorry i mean The Sun newspaper has decided to run a totally over the top story, i say again as about 20 years back they printed on there front page "Nintendo killed my son" basically it was a young boy who played a mario game on his friends NES and then as he was walking home he had a fit and died, The Scum newspaper jumped onto this and blamed Nintendo (or twisted the words of the kids parents to make them say it to make a more juicy story) for giving there son an epileptic fit. As tragic as it was the fit could of been brought on by anything at any time and to put the full blame onto nintendo in a full front page spread for 8 million readers to see was just pathetic!!!
Ive read The Sun since as long as i can remember, my dad bought it all the time and loved reading through it....until i was old enough to realise that alot of what i was reading was being blown up to hell to make for a more interesting read, to sway the minds of millions of people to that of the one person who wrote the rubbish in the first place and of course.....to sell copies.
I loved seeing all the out of work News Of The World reporters crying to the news cameras after the paper shut down saying they were out of jobs etc......they have twisted stories, slandered and destroyed the lives of thousands of people over the years while picking up big fat cheques for selling more copies of newspapers for doing so and they expect us to feel sorry for them? GET REAL!!!!
When will people realise that what you are reading is a blown up account of one persons view who is paid a bucket load to make it more eye catching then the story printed on the front page of a rival newspaper sitting next to it in a newsagents?
Lady Gagagged on 1 Aug '11 said:
Did you feel equally as happy to see the cleaning staff, cooks and delivery drivers that have found themselves out of work? You know whilst the media reported from outside of News Internationals headquarters at Wapping, which incidentally hasn't printed the NotW since 2009, as NI have been restructuring for years.
YouStoleMyKill on 2 Aug '11 said:
“As for playing 360 then dying...if he died loving this then the f**king nerd deserved to die!”
Rapists, Paedophiles and Murderers deserve to die not somebody who liked to play on his xbox are you that much of a ps3 fanboy , sad thing is i bet you have mates who “love” their xbox do they deserve to die aswell?
FatChickThriller on 2 Aug '11 said:
Screw The Sun, screw the great british tabloid media. Racist, Institutionalised bulls**t ! Please lets not waste our collective time on all of these haters who constantly bitch, moan and complain about our favourite pass time reading that crap made me even more proud to be a gamer sure it will kill me, make me a psycho baby killer if they don't get it then that's their problem now where's my controller ?
Multiplayerking on 3 Aug '11 said:
He should have gotten Kinect.
rbt2 on 3 Aug '11 said:
Or a football and some mates.
Balladeer on 3 Aug '11 said:
Oh come on. Have you seen the chap? Do you think he'd still have any mates after a game of football? Five minutes in whoever had him on their team would start to berate him on how crap he is, then they'd all join in and it would end up in a game of "kick the nerd".
Pretty much the story of my life...
thecheeseking on 4 Aug '11 said:
some people are saying it's still the xbox's fault for having him sit there for sooo long. WRONG AGAIN! If he was addicted it's his problem
thecheeseking on 4 Aug '11 said:
he wasn't even a kid anymore he was so stupid doing that. I thought adults were suppossed to be smart and knew better. WRONG.
ShadowAviation on 5 Aug '11 said:
What has The Sun got against formats? First it was the 3DS, now the xBox...
Tomorrow's headline: Man Assaulted by Kinect. Hmm, perhaps this is a bit much.
FlacidDonkeyGuy on 5 Aug '11 said:
The lad must of played on a toilet with his mum bringing him meals & never bathed to die like that.
ashleyjames222 on 17 Jan '12 said:
Oh really