FROGGY'S LAMENT: Cops say Man playing real-life 'Frogger' hit by SUV

[Ian David]

CLEMSON, S.C. -- A man has been hospitalized after police in South Carolina say he was hit by an SUV while playing a real-life version of the video game "Frogger."

Authorities said the 23-year-old man was taken to a hospital in Anderson after he was struck at around 9 p.m. Monday.

In the "Frogger" arcade game, players move frogs through traffic on a busy road and through a hazard-filled river. Before he was hit, police say the man had been discussing the game with his friends.

Chief Jimmy Dixon says the man yelled "go" and darted into oncoming traffic in the four-lane highway.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122901092.html?wprss=rss_nation/wires&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=main-twitter

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/lunargrrrl/status/20112574804660224

Pac Man Fever Buckner & Garcia Track 2: Froggy's Lament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4_N4D7e6r4

Once he recovers from his injuries, he'll still be susceptible to Pac-Man Fever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0oHHO26Ya0

[hobbit709]

1. Not quite a Darwin.

[GoCubsGo]

2. Anderson/Clemson, SC...

Why does that not surprise me?

[The Straight Story]

3. That was my bad, I had a joy stick controlling him via cell phone - AT&T dropped the call

Right after I got him in the road.... :)

[pinboy3niner]

4. LOL!

Don't you hate it when that happens? :rofl:

:toast:

[bullwinkle428]

5. Another ironic case of life imitating art...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-FbktgqCqY

[guitar man]

6. "Hold my beer

...and watch this shit!"

:rofl:

[Javaman]

7. Meh, George Castanza already did it. Life imitates art. nt

[Travelman]

8. How about the name of his fraternity? Has that been released?

"No charges are expected against the driver. The name of the man who was struck has not been released. He was in stable condition Monday night. "

23, male, Clemson. This just HAS to be a beered-up fraternity brother with little to do between semesters.

I swear the most intoxicated I have ever been in my life was on the Clemson campus during a Clemson-Georgia Tech football game. I succeeded in not running out into traffic, though.

I wonder if the Esso club is still there....

[taterguy]

9. You can be drunk and stupid at age 23 and not be in a fraternity

I speak from experience.

But go ahead, use this to push whatever biases you have.

:toast:

[Travelman]

10. Point taken

I myself was drunk and stupid on the Clemson campus and I wasn't in a fraternity.

You are correct.

[mikeytherat]

11. Real-life Frogger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbY0Jh9_RJ8

mikey_the_rat