Have you ever heard of Reset Syndrome?

I was talking to my friend about the story I told you in the second week that when I made a mistake, I wanted to hit Go back to Previous page. Do you remember?

I told her about this, and my friend told me there is a Reset Syndrome. In a real case, a teenager or in his early twenties was playing a computer game, Lenage, one of the famous game in Korea among young people. In the virtual reality, to win, one has to kill all others. A teenager lost the game and in anger he tracked down the winner who was playing in the same game PC room. In korea there are a lot of PC room, which provide fast speed of internet so many young generations go and play computer games. The teenager found the winner and killed him. After that, as if he press reset button when computer has problem, he thinks it didn't happen.

I tried to find Reset Syndromes in English, and only I could found was a news article from Cauon, Joongang University newspaper on Dec. 23, 2006.
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It says:

It "PC Reset Syndromes" is pathology phenomenon that raises a serious social problem. It spread among teenagers. It originates thought that people can start something not to suit them again anytime like pressing reset button when computer does not work. People who suffer PC reset syndrome tend to think a criminal act easily, because they have an illusion between cyber space and reality. In addition they think that is okay they can press reset button in reality.

I tried to find the other syndrome she told me, but I couldn't. According to her, which is a "reliable source," becuase we always use computer and sees everything on the "rectangular" screen, there are some people who cannot see, cannot concentrate on without rectangular-shape frame. So, they create rectangular with their thumbs and index fingers (like you see the world through when you photograph).

I assume becuase in South Korea computer game is very popular among young generation so this kind of digital syndrom occurs. I couldn't find this syndrome in google.

It is very scary to even think about the reset syndrome.