a couple in Suwon, South Korea is mourning the death of their 3-month old daughter after the tot died of malnourishment last week. apparently the couple became obsessed with raising an avatar baby online at a local internet cafe and neglected their actual baby to the point of death. experts say online games are massively popular in South Korea. the baby’s father, 41 year old Kim Yoo-chul bemoaned the situation.
“If only our coffee-pot hadn’t broken months ago, we wouldn’t have to go to an internet cafe.” he tearfully explained.
the parents have since been faced with charges of child abuse and neglect. to make matters worse, the couple’s online avatar baby has perished as well. Kim’s wife, Choi Mi-sun blamed PRIUS programmers for the death.
“We were unable to download important software updates needed to sustain life for our online baby.”
PRIUS technicians are supposed to automatically send critical downloads, but failed to get the software bundles to many users on time this month, citing personal problems. a PRIUS spokesman held a press conference on monday issuing the following statement:
“PRIUS is deeply saddened by the events which have unfolded over the past few weeks and our thoughts go out to people affected by this tragedy. Some of our technicians have recently had babies of their own and have not been able to accommodate the workload.”
in related news North Korea has abandoned its disarmament plans which will likely lead to a rapid increase in the manufacturing of nuclear arms for self-defense against South Korea and the United States. North Korean officials said they decided to scrap disarmament plans after proliferation in the game Transhuman Space.
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