PlayStation addict diagnosed with 'mental detachment'

An Italian 13 year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after his father found him in a shocked stupor. The kid, one Lorenzo Amato, didn't seem to respond to anything around him - he couldn't even speak. Cue panicked father, sound the sirens.

Once rushed to the emergency room, the doctors first thought that the kid must have suffered from a stroke or some other serious brain impairment.

Eventually, the father described to the doctors that he discovered Lorenzo in this way after a PlayStation (not specified which kind of PlayStation) marathon for hours on end.

Antonio Buccoliero, a local politician in Italy, commented on the matter:

They eventually managed to take care of him once they understood that this was a strange kind of mental detachment connected to his PlayStation.

Again, they didn't seem to specify which kind of PlayStation.

From all indications, it seems that Lorenzo Amato has recovered from whatever mental shock he's been through (man, I wonder what he was playing at that time?). However, that doesn't mean he's on the greenlight. Apparently, he's scarred and traumatized for life.

The report explains that he asked his father to get rid of his PlayStation, saying that "I feel like throwing up if I even have to think about it."



I only have two questions: 1. What game was this kid player that is almost killed him (literally and figuratively)? 2. What's wrong with today's youth where you can cause so much stress on yourself from a video game?

I have been playing games since about 1990. I have never been in a drunken stupor to the point were I was rushed to a hospital unless it involved a fight after a Madden tournament or NBA Live. Wow - they just dont make kids like they used too.