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Chinese Gamer Paralyzed After Playing Video Games For 20 Hours Straight

Paul Bois

Video game addiction cannot only lead to obesity and general unhappiness with life, but also paralysis.

According to the Daily Mail, a gamer in China “lost sensation from the waist down after playing video games continuously for some 20 hours at an internet cafe last week.” The man was rushed to the hospital by paramedics after he reportedly begged his friends to keep playing his unfinished game in his place.

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