Korean media have told tearjerker about spouses that are so fond of online gaming that their three-month daughter died of starvation.

41-year-old man and his 25-year-old wife met two years ago in an Internet chat rooms. They were so avid fans of online multiplayer games that are regularly left their daughter home alone for many hours, while they themselves go to play in Internet cafes. One day, returning home after a 12-hour night absence, they found her daughter dead. An autopsy determined the cause of death was exhaustion from starvation. The investigation revealed that parents fed the daughter of late dry milk and occasionally beaten for crying.

It is noteworthy that one of the most favorite games of the spouses was Prius Online, in which players can create virtual families and even having children. There was just such a spouse, child playing, and his "education" they pay the lion's share of time. However in real life, they were both unemployed and lived with his wife's mother, who also winked at the dire state of his granddaughter.

In Korea, Compulsive gambling is very common, many doctors and other professionals speak openly about the fact that it is no less dangerous than drug addiction.

Via TGDaily