I think it just rather odd to see the batch of articles coming from that bastion of journalistic integrity, "The Sun." First they report a girl dying of a heart attack after playing her 360 for 8 hours straight (cannot find the article, sorry) and now this one about a student who played his for 12 hours at a time and dies from deep vein thrumbosis ( http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol...
First off, the biggest thing that this article has against it is the Headline (which reads, "Death by Xbox.") but than you look at the secondary headline (which reads, "Game addict, 20, killed
by deep vein thrombosis") and they don't really seem to match up at all (minus the whole sitting down for long periods).
The next problem it seems to put the blame greatly on the shoulders of the 360 but then it goes on about the Thrombosis. Yet the author cannot help but keeping the xbox in the article; in fact, it mentions the damn console no less than 7 times. And to just burn that fact in the back of your skull, they show a picture of the 360 (with a caption on the bottom that reads, "Addictive ... Xbox 360.").
This is just sensationalism, pure and simple. What killed the damn kid was deep vein Thrombosis. Now it is sad to see a young man dying in the prime of his life from such an unfortunate condition but to see the Sun use this tragedy to pull this kind of sensationalism is seedy and in poor taste. They focus of the article should have been about 'Deep vein Thrombosis' and not gaming. It wouldn't have mattered if he was watching TV, playing games or even reading a book.
So I think everyone should take two lessons from this:
1. No matter what you might enjoy, take a small break and move about for a few minutes.
2. Don't read the Sun unless you have no choice.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
It's The Sun, nothing new whatsoever just the usual, media trying to take a shot at video-games and the usual sensationalism and ridiculous articles from The Sun.
The Sun are kinda like a blogger looking for hits. They'll make the most sensational headlines just to get people to buy their paper.
They should be education people about his medical condition, not pushing it to the side.
"a serial killer with many mental problems"
BLAME VIDEO GAMES
"a kid died from food poisoning"
BLAME VIDEO GAMES
"oh god! The weather is so hot these days"
BLAME VIDEO GAMES
they enjoy reassuring the elders about their loony theories; old people do not generally use games or internet, they buy newspapers and watch tv.Hence, they provide fap material for the ignorant neophobic old chap who need to be right; "videogaming is not only a time loss, it's even killing our youth."
I will say that I am amazed at those kids ability to marathon for that long an amount of time. While it is cool to game, maybe the parents could have told them to take a 15-20 minute break; I know I would need it after a 2 hour stretch of gaming.
FYI for those who don't know (since the sun was not kind enough to give real statistics on the subject of DVT, here it is:
The precise number of people affected by DVT/PE is unknown, but estimates range from 300,000 to 600,000 (1 to 2 per 1,000, and in those over 80 years of age, as high as 1 in 100) each year in the United States.
Estimates suggest that 60,000-100, 000 Americans die of DVT/PE (also called venous thromboembolism).
10 to 30% of people will die within one month of diagnosis.
Sudden death is the first symptom in about one-quarter (25%) of people who have a PE.
Among people who have had a DVT, one-third will have long-term complications (post-thrombotic syndrome) such as swelling, pain, discoloration, and scaling in the affected limb.
One-third (about 33%) of people with DVT/PE will have a recurrence within 10 years.
Approximately 5 to 8 percent of the U.S. population has one of several genetic risk factors, also known as inherited thrombophilias in which a genetic defect can be identified that increases the risk for thrombosis.
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/d...