To be fair, World of Warcraft has killed several people worldwide and that can ONLY be played on a computer. The kid was right to be afraid. I'd put good odds he'll have a level 80 Priest within two years and a crippling social disorder within three.

Back when I used to run computer systems for the police we had this one detective whose job it was to kick in the doors of drug houses. The guy would sit in front of a computer at the station and totally freeze up. He would start shaking and burping and be completely unable to even press the key he wanted. He was really afraid of the computer.

He would start shaking and burping

he was percolating