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February 3, 2014

There Are Actual Movies About Internet Addiction Now [VIDEO]

The movie ‘Love Child' tells the story of a South Korean couple who let their child to starve to death in September 2009 after neglecting her to play the online role-playing game “Prius Online”.

The movie ‘Love Child’  tells the story of a South Korean couple who let their child to starve to death in September 2009 after neglecting her to play the online role-playing game “Prius Online”.

The movie, directed by Valerie Veatch, tells the story of the couple and their addiction to the game which revolved around raising a virtual character. This is the first court case in which “Internet addiction” was cited as a mental illness defense.

Investigators established that the couple were depressed due to being unemployed and having a child that was born prematurely.

[Source: MyGaming]