dailymail.co.uk — A 'fit and healthy' 25-year-old man suddenly collapsed and died in front of his horrified girlfriend and best friend as he played a computer game.Tim Eves was 'jogging' on a Wii Fit games console as Emma Tuck and Lewis Hickin looked on, when he slumped to the floor.
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xntoMar 31, 2009
Pretty sad to suddenly die of SADS.
k3nnydMar 31, 2009
I wonder how many of these so called "SADS" victims had someone doing CPR on them until the paramedics arrived. Nowadays they recommend, even if you have no knowledge or experience, to at least do chest compressions to circulate their blood so their brain doesn't die so soon. I've heard blood still has something like 10+ minutes of oxygen within it that can at least keep your brain from dying that much longer. I can see someone collapsing and people just standing there in shock watching the person just die. Unless their heart has some physical defect I would guess that some shock paddles would bring these people back if their brain hasn't been deprived of oxygen for too long.
mussMar 31, 2009
Yes it is true that every console can technically be considered a computer, but we must also realize that there is a difference. Why do we call them consoles? The term computer game is normally used in order to talk about a game played on a personal computer, and console games are used when referring to a game that is played on a console. I just found it quite unnatural to call wii fit a computer game seeing as how it is played on a console and not a PC. So please excuse my original post I was not aware that everything posted in comments must be technically correct in every way. For all the Digg Nazi's out there please keep burying me so that no eyes will have to see my horrendous error.
dlsmith2Mar 31, 2009
couldn't have been that healthy, just saying
aduzikMar 31, 2009
Well, the correct, somewhat less sensational name is sudden arrhythmia death syndrome. The key being that it's a sudden heart arrhythmia that kills the person.
ekalb33Mar 31, 2009
So it's still SADS
sparky222bMar 31, 2009
Wii Fit is a computer game? Who knew?
Jordan117Mar 31, 2009
"What's going on? What is this? What's happening? It's like my body is *crying*. Am I about to die?"<a class="user" href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/16/" rel="nofollow">http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/16/</a>
gavinzacApr 3, 2009
If he keeled over sideways whilst playing Sonic 2, Sonic would be tapping his foot impatiently and sighing that he's taking too long.