compl3x Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 As it often likes to do, the UK paper theDaily Mail tries to pin the death of a 16-year-old on "too much excitement" while playing a Sonic the Hedgehog game on his "Xbox." In April of this year sixteen-year-old Jake Gallagher was playing Sonic the Hedgehog on his "Xbox" when he became overly excited, triggering an undiagnosed heart condition, claims his mother Sarah Pyatt. Shortly after the attack he collapsed and was taken to a local hospital. Jake Gallagher died two days later after being declared brain dead by doctors. Pyatt told the Daily Mail that doctors said that her son died from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. He also suffered from Asperger's Syndrome, but that didn't contribute in any way to his attack. "There is a definite risk in predisposed young people playing video games that causes surges of adrenalin in the blood," Professor Sanjay Sharma, of St George's Hospital in South West London told the Daily Mail. In the aftermath of losing her son to an undiagnosed heart condition, Sarah Pyatt joined the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, and is calling for the government to make screening mandatory in young people. We hope Sarah Pyatt succeeds but it is truly a shame that the Daily Mail has used this tragic event to promote their continued effort to blame just about anything bad on playing video games. http://gamepolitics.com/2013/07/16/daily-mail-tries-blame-xbox-uk-teens-death Adam Skelton 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xSilverKnight Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 He would have died of anything. You know like running or getting scared by someone. Stupid people everywhere Adam Skelton, Charisma, Tigurinn and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red. Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 But does it cause cancer? funkydude, +Majesticmerc, MightyJordan and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's immensely rare I wish this, but I wish the Daily Mail would just go out of Business already. They pushed for the mandatory internet filter in the UK to block Porn, yet probably over half their articles on their website are about Celebrities in their underwear (I hope go whatever God is up there the Daily Mail gets blocked by the filter). Reading the comments in the articles just makes me facepalm MightyJordan, Fourjays and Charisma 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Surely if the behaviour is unhealthy, don't encourage it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted July 17, 2013 Administrators Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's not called the Daily Fail for nothing! Charisma and Coagulated 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 But does it cause cancer? lol. Yeah, the DM sucks. Their crusade against games is rather pathetic. Maybe they have an older demographic who they can scare with sensationalist stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Sonic is pretty intense at times. You know.. gathering golden rings and all. FiB3R and Sadelwo 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 The Daily Mail is a disgrace to the UK. :no: Coagulated, MightyJordan, Fourjays and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illage3 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I don't see how the video game caused this? Anything that made the kid excited would have set off his heart condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted July 24, 2013 Veteran Share Posted July 24, 2013 "too much excitement" while playing a Sonic the Hedgehog game" But.....that doesn't add up? :huh: The Teej 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 lol. Yeah, the DM sucks. Their crusade against games is rather pathetic. Maybe they have an older demographic who they can scare with sensationalist stories. You've just correctly described ~90% of their readers. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 But.....that doesn't add up? :huh: Probably was playing the originals ;) red. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Sonic The Hedgehog hasn't been exciting since 1990! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted July 26, 2013 Veteran Share Posted July 26, 2013 Probably was playing the originals ;) I'd hope so. Must have been all that blast processing :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Sound like the UK version of Fox News :D MightyJordan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted July 26, 2013 Veteran Share Posted July 26, 2013 I blame it on the mother, for not getting her kid diagnosed for every possible medical condition out there the kid could ever have! Obviously a failure of the NHS right?..... </s> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMajestic Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 With Xbox One the NSA could've warned the local authorities before it would go wrong. vcfan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Now if MS installed heart monitors and a defibrillator in the X-Box one this sort of thing would never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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