A desperate mother has pleaded for help to save her ''zombie'' son after he became addicted to online gaming.<br /><br />Lilybeth Marvel, 37, became concerned two years ago when her son Carlito Garcia, 13, began spending all night at the local internet cafe.<br /><br />The teenager skipped school and would sit alone ''like a zombie'' playing his favourite battle royale game ''Rules of Survival.''<br /><br />Massage therapist Lilybeth and her husband, a security guard also named Carlito, removed their son from school while trying to battle his addiction. <br /><br />The concerned mother has now pleaded online for help. She filmed herself delivering breakfast to the boy after he refused to return home after a marathon 48-hour session. <br /><br />Carlito was so engrossed in the computer game he would not even lift his eyes from the screen or take his hands from the keyboard - with Lilybeth having to feed him to ensure he actually ate the food.<br /><br />Explaining why she brought breakfast from her home all the way to the computer shop, Lilybeth said: ''I used to just nag about his online games. But that didn't work. So I'm trying a different approach. <br /><br />''I try to make him feel that whatever is happening in his life, I am his mother who loves him and takes care of him.''<br /><br />Carlito, the oldest of three siblings, had turned into a virtual ''zombie'' since he became addicted to gaming some two years ago aged just 11, his mother added.<br /><br />She said that trying to ban him had not worked - and he would find ways to sneak away to the internet cafe.<br /><br />The footage was captured on February 18.
