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]