Boy collapses after 24 hour World of Warcraft session

The trouble with some games is that there's never a good time to stop playing.

By that I mean a natural break in the gameplay, finishing a level or similar.

Online role playing games fit into that category - and one 15 year old paid the price.

Somehow he managed to keep going for a 24-hour marathon session, and ended by collapsing with some kind of seizure.

The Swedish lad was playing the new World of Warcraft Lich King add on and after buying it embarked on the spree.

His dad subsequently said he plans to limit the time he was allowed - like only maybe 23 and a half hours straight next time.

When I was younger and really got into playing something I had to be dragged away - and there weren't even games specifically designed to be semi addictive around at that time.

But if I was on for more than an hour my mam would soon be on at me.

According to the report it's not unusual for teenagers to play 14-15 hours in a row.

It certainly explains one thing - why everyone online is always impossibly good at games - it's because they do nothing else with their time at all.

Below - the end of a long gaming session...