Boy dies of computer game stress

A RUSSIAN schoolboy whose parents let him play computer games all day as a reward for good grades has died after a marathon session brought on an epileptic fit.

Boy dies of computer game stress

The 12-year-old, named only as Sergei, had an epileptic fit after playing a computer game for 12 hours without a break, Russian media reported.

He was taken to hospital in Yekaterinburg in western Russia after collapsing in a local computer game club.

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