Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal Kombat

Published: July 28, 2007, 1:22 am

Tags: gamer life, 18 year old, apparently, bedroom wall, controller, gamer, gamers, gizmodo, guess, hospitalized, internet story, ipods, joystick, jt, lesson to be learned, mortal kombat, mother nature, rundown, sao paulo, storms, struck by lightning

At first, I assumed this was another fabricated internet story, but apparently it really did happen. There was a quick mention of it on the television earlier. I guess now it’s time to rally together some anti-gamers and get the message out there that video games cause lightning. Maybe we could get JT on board for this one, but not really sure who we could sue. Anyway, the basic rundown is that an 18 year old gamer in Brazil was struck by lightning while he had one controller in his mouth and another in his hand playing Mortal Kombat. If there is any lesson to be learned here, it’s that you should not have a controller in your mouth next to an open window when lightning is striking outside. Although it would be a cool story to share with friends, we at Gaming Today do not endorse gaming with controllers in your mouth during storms. Following last week’s RPG kidnapping, a 18-year-old brazilian near Sao Paulo has been hospitalized after being struck by lightning

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