His daughter died of starvation while they played online

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His daughter died of starvation while they played online


A South Korean couple was arrested after his daughter died of starvation three months as they played a computer game that, coincidentally, was to raise a virtual character of a young girl.

She is 25 and he 41. They met in a chat room in South Korea, a country with more Internet coverage of the world where almost 95% of the population uses the network. Together, they had a daughter, but soon the couple's attention was diverted to another topic: online gaming.

The couple became obsessed with raising a daughter called virtual Anima, in the popular Prius Online RPG. The game, similar to Second Life or The Sims series, and stock to create virtual personalities, and once reached a certain level, gain a new avatar, a sort of "son" in charge.

The parents spent most of their time in Internet cafes playing games, while leaving her daughter alone at home. Occasionally passed through the home to feed her milk powder, according to South Korean police said. Last September, after a session of 12 hours of play, the couple returned home and found the baby dead. The suspicions of neglect and malnutrition were later confirmed by autopsy.

"I very much regret what I did and I hope my daughter does not suffer in heaven," said the father the news portal AsiaOne. The couple fled to the house of a relative, but were found on Monday, and since then the case shocked Korean society.

"The couple seemed to have lost his will to live a normal life because they had no jobs and their daughter was born premature," said Chung Jin-Won, a police officer involved in the case, adding: "They devoted themselves to raising a child virtual in a game to escape reality, causing the death of his real daughter. "

It is the first case of its kind in South Korea. Last month, a 22 year old asesionó his mother because she scolded her for spending too much time playing computer games. In 2005, a man died of a heart attack after spending 50 hours straight playing Starcaft (a strategy game) in a cafe.

Source: http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2010/03/09/noticia_0029.html