A video game addict from Thailand died in front of his computer while as he played through the night

The 17-year old boy, identified as Piyawat Harikun from Udon Thani, who was reportedly on holidays, collapsed and died in front of his computer while he played all through the night.

Piyawat's father Jaranwit, said they found him collapsed from the computer chair and was slumped against a PC tower on the floor when they went to the bedroom on Monday afternoon (Oct.5)

He said

"there was a pile of takeaway boxes on the desk and a bottle of fizzy pop at his feet, while his headphones were resting on top of another computer tower.

he would stay up all-night then draw the curtains in the day to continue his fixation with gaming, spending hours on the computer at the home.

We would take food to his room and urged him to stop, but Piyawat just didn't want to cut down on his obsession".

Jaranwit, an air force officer, said he tried to revive his son but he was already dead.

He said: 'I called his name and said 'wake up, wake up' but he did not respond. I could see he was dead.'

Medics who examined the body said the teenager died from a stroke, which they believe was caused by playing the computer constantly through the night.

Jaranwit admitted that his son was a gaming addict, saying:

'My son was smart and always did great at school but he had a major problem with gaming addiction.

'I tried to warn him about his relentless long hours playing games and he promised to reduce it, but it was too late.

'He had already died before he had a chance to change.

'I want my son's death to be an example and warning for parents whose children are game addicts. They need to be more strict on their children's playing hours otherwise they could end up like my son.

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Too much of everything is bad. Such a pity.

such a pity..

Failed parents. He is 17 and still a minor so u as a parent have the right to shut down his computer and trll him to go to bed.
U enabled him.

Hours of staying in a stuffy room, inhaling stale air, not eating or drinking, staring too long at a computer screen, that's enough to have disastrous consequences on the body. If only his parents knew it would lead to tragedy, they would have put a stop to the video game addiction

.... He died in ACTIVE ADDICTIVE SERVICE

he died in active service

R.I.P

RIP

PUBG....

Ovoko. RIP

Spare a rod and spoil the child.....if only they were a little bit strict and seized the game.....or timed him.....he would have been alive by now.

Put that game in the casket and bury him with it.

sassysure:
Failed parents. He is 17 and still a minor so u as a parent have the right to shut down his computer and trll him to go to bed.
U enabled him.

Na so e easy?
Sha na who no dy house naim dy beat thief!

Quite Sad....

Staring at screens for prolonged hours is really bad...

Gives you this dazed feeling like you have lost half of your total blood volume..

....
I hope...we learn

deep web sh*t

Wasted life

He didn't even eat. See packs of food on his computer desk

KevMitnick:
Too much of everything is bad. Such a pity.

trust my mom she will become engineer, she will just carry one part of computer once is 9pm.

You see... If we make bad use of these our technology... Den it will do us bad... Who knows whether the game sef has its particular spirit or maybe it is a devilish game

Na was oooo.
There should be limit to every pleasure and enjoyment

I've played through the night so many times and I've not died

He must be sick or something

Too much of something is really bad

Chai

...reading the headline and I know it’s cant be in Nigeria because NEPA sef go caution you

Audio death.
RIP

Which game did I not play overnight?

PES
Football Manager (This one is crazily addictive)

We're still alive.

Why did he die?

Maybe he masturbated excessively in the guise of playing video game, releasing every useful "thing" from his body in the process.

being addicted to a computer cannot kill. it must have been a health problem

he may have died from a lot of things. but video gaming is NOT one of them.

his useless parent should have REMOVED his gaming from the room...simple as that!

trust naija parent. ordinary slap go reset him head...