Video Gaming Marathon Ends Poorly

My friend Matt has been talking about joining forces to complete the 24 hour endurance race found on his PS2 game GRAN TURISMO 4. Then today I received a "Perhaps we should re-think" email from him with a link to this story:

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- A South Korean man who played computer games or 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday.

Sadly, this is the sort of story that parents and wives of video gaming geeks will use bolster their argument about getting off the couch and getting some fresh air. I think they miss the point here. If the guy had just stopped playing after 49 hours, he would have been just fine!