I’ve heard of people being addicted to video games before, but this guy may be the first to show that what might sound like a fairly harmless addiction can be deadly.

A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing online battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said.

Or perhaps he just had a bad ticker…