Fans of massively multi-player online games (MMOs) frequently receive ridicule for their fervent devotion to online avatars. Rarely do those devoted gamers become so engrossed in their multiple virtual personalities that they face criminal charges, though, let alone negligent death accusations.

In a horrific case of Net obsession, a South Korean couple has been charged in relation to the death of their three-month-old baby, the BBC reports. The two, who had both been laid-off, apparently became so consu……

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