Playing Starfield all night saved one man’s family, after an explosion tore through their apartment building. The man, who posted his story on Reddit as tidyckilla, said he stayed up until past 2 a.m. on the night that Starfield launched in early access on Xbox and PC, and at one point, he heard an explosion (thanks, PC Gamer).
“I decided to stay up and play as long as possible to experience this new universe,” tidyckilla said on Reddit. “At 2:26 in the morning, while playing the game, I heard an explosion from my downstairs neighbor’s apartment. I paused my game to see what was happening.”
“When I opened the door I saw flames rising up our stairwell to our apartment. I immediately got my wife and cat, rushing us to safety with only minor burns. If I hadn’t been up bingeing Starfield I would have been asleep and we would have all died to [sic] smoke inhalation.”
Starfield saved me and my family’s life
by u/tidyckilla in Starfield
He said the cause was a downstairs neighbor who smoked and used oxygen tanks. They had apparently ignited a tank on accident and died as a result of the fire.
Some commenters asked whether he could have used the apartment’s fire escape, but tidyckilla said that the fire went up the building and the back of it and blew out the windows. He and his family made it out just before that happened.Meanwhile, tidyckilla, his family, and his Xbox are at a hotel, where he told commenters on Reddit that yes, he is, indeed, still playing Starfield.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
