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Jeff Dailey
When video games first exploded in popularity, few were aware of the medical dangers. Berzerk is the first video game known to have a player die while playing it. In the early 1980s, young high school student Jeff Dailey entered an arcade in Illinois to play Berzerk. He made the top ten list twice within fifteen minutes. After entering his name, he collapsed, dying of a heart attack. Berzerk would later take the life of Dailey's best friend, Peter Burkowski. The game had been too much excitement for Burkowski, who had scar tissue on his heart. Playing Berzerk was too much strain on him. The Deputy Coroner Mark Allen stated that video games were not the cause of the deaths, but the stress of playing them had a severe impact.
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Jeff Dailey
When video games first exploded in popularity, few were aware of the medical dangers. Berzerk is the first video game known to have a player die while playing it. In the early 1980s, young high school student Jeff Dailey entered an arcade in Illinois to play Berzerk. He made the top ten list twice within fifteen minutes. After entering his name, he collapsed, dying of a heart attack. Berzerk would later take the life of Dailey's best friend, Peter Burkowski. The game had been too much excitement for Burkowski, who had scar tissue on his heart. Playing Berzerk was too much strain on him. The Deputy Coroner Mark Allen stated that video games were not the cause of the deaths, but the stress of playing them had a severe impact.
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I know right? I was like, "Shit, I gotta try that game".