. >>> guys, there's a story being passed around the internet about a girl named roxanne meyers who we are seeing in this video. roxanne had to have her feet partially amputated because of video games. in this interview, roxanne says that she was working on her senior thesis project about video game addiction. part of that thesis she had planned to have weekend-long gaming session where she would play video games all weekend long. >> things got bad about two and a half days in, i ended up falling asleep sitting cross-legged at my desk. >> she suffers from a pre-existing condition where she is vulnerable to blood clots. she woke up with a number of blood clots, namely on her feet. was taken to the doctors -- >> they came to the room and he told me that i would have to get my feet amputated. >> this story has been picked up by major news outlets online. here's the thing, guys, roxanne meyers is made up. this whole story is a parody. >> what? this isn't real? >> not real. >> news organizations that picked it up went with it as being true? >> yes. did was created by somebody named evan but