A Siberian gamer is suing the makers of Fallout-4 after he lost his job and broke up with his wife because of the video game. He wants 500,000 roubles (US$7,000) in compensation from the company, saying he did not know the game would “become so addictive.”
The 28-year-old man from Krasnoyarsk found out about the game in an advert and subsequently downloaded it onto his computer. That was when his problems began in earnest. He only intended to play it for a couple of evenings, but instead became addicted and the next three weeks flew by.

Such was his ‘dedication’ to the game, which sees the player emerge from a bunker following a devastating nuclear holocaust in a post-apocalyptic world, that his own apocalypse unfolded right before his eyes.
He regularly skipped work, which resulted in his employers firing him. He stopped meeting up and speaking with friends, and his wife left him. His health also started to deteriorate as he was not sleeping or eating.
“If I knew that this game could have become so addictive, I would have become a lot more wary of it. I would not have bought it, or I would have left it until I was on holiday or until the New Year holidays,” a statement from the man read.
The Krasnoyarsk native now wants to sue the makers of the game Bethesda Game Studios and the Russian localization firm for 500,000 roubles ($7,000) for emotional distress.
His lawsuit is seen as something of a test case in Russia, as there has never been such a precedent. The law firm representing the 28-year-old say they want to “see how far we can go regarding this case.”
There have been similar cases around the world though. In 2010, a US federal judge said he would listen to a case brought by a Hawaiian man, who said he became addicted to video game Lineage II.
Craig Smallwood was demanding damages from the game’s makers, saying he would not have begun playing if he had been aware “that he would become addicted to the game.”
Surprisingly, the judge sided with the plaintiff and ordered NCsoft of South Korea to pay Smallwood’s legal fees which he had accumulated over the six-month period after filing his lawsuit.
https://www.rt.com/news/326272-gamer-russia-lawsuit-fallout4/

This guy has got jokes, I might as well sue Papa Johns for making awesome pizza and giving me discounts. The slap way I wan slap the guy...giving gamers a bad name.

Bshahaah

A man thinking of how his family will feed will not be addicted to games. The man needs to be flogged with fulani cane to drive home some good lessons into his brain


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he might just win the case...in his dreams lol

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That sounds so weird. I'm still trying to figure out how many wraps of mushin weed the dude must have taken to abandon his work and wife after getting addicted to both the game and weed. Game + weed equals to rehab.

Lol

[quote author=amanze15 post=41225761]he might just win the case...in his dreams lol i have gotten addicted to the "uncharted series" too na to sue SONY be that

This guy is just wasting his talent, he should have been a comidian. Just cnt stop laffing

eyaaa the game dey on its own u go download am

miqos02:
A Siberian gamer is suing the makers of Fallout-4 after he lost his job and broke up with his wife because of the video game. He wants 500,000 roubles (US$7,000) in compensation from the company, saying he did not know the game would “become so addictive.”
The 28-year-old man from Krasnoyarsk found out about the game in an advert and subsequently downloaded it onto his computer. That was when his problems began in earnest. He only intended to play it for a couple of evenings, but instead became addicted and the next three weeks flew by.

Such was his ‘dedication’ to the game, which sees the player emerge from a bunker following a devastating nuclear holocaust in a post-apocalyptic world, that his own apocalypse unfolded right before his eyes.
He regularly skipped work, which resulted in his employers firing him. He stopped meeting up and speaking with friends, and his wife left him. His health also started to deteriorate as he was not sleeping or eating.
“If I knew that this game could have become so addictive, I would have become a lot more wary of it. I would not have bought it, or I would have left it until I was on holiday or until the New Year holidays,” a statement from the man read.
The Krasnoyarsk native now wants to sue the makers of the game Bethesda Game Studios and the Russian localization firm for 500,000 roubles ($7,000) for emotional distress.
His lawsuit is seen as something of a test case in Russia, as there has never been such a precedent. The law firm representing the 28-year-old say they want to “see how far we can go regarding this case.”
There have been similar cases around the world though. In 2010, a US federal judge said he would listen to a case brought by a Hawaiian man, who said he became addicted to video game Lineage II.
Craig Smallwood was demanding damages from the game’s makers, saying he would not have begun playing if he had been aware “that he would become addicted to the game.”
Surprisingly, the judge sided with the plaintiff and ordered NCsoft of South Korea to pay Smallwood’s legal fees which he had accumulated over the six-month period after filing his lawsuit.
https://www.rt.com/news/326272-gamer-russia-lawsuit-fallout4/

The man no well at all!

Na so

Different games are addictive to different people. But not intrinsically narcotic, so no cigar.

Like one of my friends and Boom Beach. >:-(

And one of my brothers and Pokémon..

But, they didn't sue! No siree!

And Candy Crush is still available so... No case, judge!

When Nigerians are addicted in making money, this can not happen in Nigeria.

Type of story you'd expect from the Chinese or Koreans, playing themselves to death in cyber cafés. Which actually happened once.

omg laughing out louder

Na them send u addiction?
But seriously video games are becoming a huge problem
Parents take note!

things dey happen sha.., me sef go sue konami

hahhaha

addicted to PES

buh i ave limits

Haha


Is the game that good.

Wonder what the wife said in court when they asked her reason for the fallout between her and her husband

Why won't his wife leave him when he got only ONE controller,there's a way to involve you woman to your gaming activity that when she's not around it doesn't feel right,about the job aspect he was just a lazy bum.

Which time Nigeria go better make I even fit sue PHCN for not allowing me play game and depriving me of using my A.C

Lmao

Bad habits die hard.

Lemme go download

Me sef go soon sue Nairaland for addiction too

did they force him to buy the game?

faray:
A

U still dey book space for midnight