This is the kind of thing that I'd joke about but never actually expect to happen. I legitimately thought it was just something making fun of how much time we spend playing Bethesda games at first, but apparently, this is real. Go figure.
This reminds me of an article about a man that apparently went crazy after playing too much Skyrim. He tried to beat up numerous people in a park, and steal from them, but when the police caught him he said, "It's cool, I'm the Thane of Whiterun." This just goes to show that some people don't set boundaries for themselves, so this stuff happens more often. I limit myself to 1 hour of Skyrim a day, and I will admit that some days I go to 3 hours, but I don't play non-stop for weeks on end. They just don't limit themselves enough.