Playing Too Many Videogames Fucks Your Hands Up!

[Moridin187]

'Vibrating' Games May Pose Injury Risk to Kids
Fri Feb 1,10:26 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The case of a 15-year-old computer-game enthusiast suggests that the vibrating hand controls available for some games could be a hazard to the upper limbs, according to UK researchers.


The teen in this case was diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome, which has previously been associated with regular use of tools such as gas-powered chain saws and pneumatic drills.

He came to doctors complaining of having suffered "painful hands" for 2 years--a problem that arose after long-time use of his home computer games, which he played for up to 7 hours a day. The boy's hands would become white and swollen in the cold, then turn red and painful as they warmed.

Dr. A. Gavin Cleary and colleagues at Liverpool Children's Hospital report on the case in the February 2nd issue of the British Medical Journal.

According to the doctors, their patient was particularly fond of a driving game in which the hand control could vibrate to provide an "off-road" feeling. They note that hand-arm vibration syndrome--previously known as "vibration white finger"--was first widely recognized as a potential occupational hazard in the mid-1980s.

"No cases of the hand-arm vibration syndrome have previously been reported in association with prolonged use of vibrating hand-held computer devices," Cleary's team notes.

And although their patient spent an "excessive" amount of time on his computer games, they speculate that this not uncommon among kids.

"We believe that, with increasing numbers of children playing these devices, there should be consideration for statutory health warnings to advise users and parents," the authors write.

They add, however, that more evidence of how often this problem affects children is needed.

SOURCE: British Medical Journal 2002;324:301.

I have only one question. Who the FUCK let a 15 year old play videogames for upwards of 7 hours a day on this regular a basis? Where the hell were this kid's parents? Where are they now so I can smack the shit out of them?

 

[Cibo]

Oooooooh shit...thats not good news for me...good thing I gave up console games now.

 

[Moridin187]

Oooooooh shit...thats not good news for me...good thing I gave up console games now.

Eh, just turn off the vibration after an hour or so and you'll be fine man.. Didn't the kid notice SOMETHING was wrong from the numbness in his hands? I get that after a few Minutes of vibration from a shock control

 

[heterotic]

Oh, who really needs hands anyway? We've got to decide what's really important to children, and that is of course seven hours of video games daily.

 

[Moridin187]

Oh, who really needs hands anyway? We've got to decide what's really important to children, and that is of course seven hours of video games daily.

Wonder if they're gonna blame his obesity and myopia on the evil videogames too?

 

[Cibo]

Oh, who really needs hands anyway? We've got to decide what's really important to children, and that is of course seven hours of video games daily.

Heh, nice hentai av man.

 

[heterotic]

Thanks, Cibo. Just wish I could go a little bit larger than 150 pixels, like this: http://equis.ya.com/gipen/hentai/variosh/inju.gif

 

[Ferun]

console games are a waste of time and money.... unless im stoned outa my tree in which case i pull out the N64 and trip on mario car racing..... dunno why but that fucking shits helarious.

 

[Beethoven'sFire]

My fingers start hurting after two minutes, and by five minutes I'm bored of the games anyhow.

 

[lovetoread]

As someone who on occasion can play for that long.....

One must learn to stop playing everynow and then to make sure you dont cramp up. Sheesh......

 

[Blindinthedark]

Does that mean if I masturbate with a vibrator too long I'll develop hand-arm vibration syndrome. Well damn there goes hours of pleasurable fun.

 

[IA951]

console games are a waste of time and money.... unless im stoned outa my tree in which case i pull out the N64 and trip on mario car racing..... dunno why but that fucking shits helarious.

fucking n64 sucked.
Ass-backwards nintendo should have pulled their head out their ass and saw which way the tide was turning.
mario cart? that fucking game was for little kids, even stoned it sucked donkey cock
that was the fucking problem with nintendo, all their games were kiddie shit

PS2 is well worth the money.
you can play all PS games and it doubles as a DVD player
Fucking awesome.

 

[Ice Cold]

Must have had some nice parents to let him play for 7 friggen hours a day? Hell without the vibration controls you can still damage your thumbs... some people sheesh.

 

[Gamelover221]

I used to play games all day every day growing up. Never gave me any problems, but I did get a nice callus on my left thumb. After I got into RPG's it started to fade away, and now adays if I tried to play some Street Fighter clone, it would kick my thumb's ass! How did I do it way back when...I'll never know

 

[lovetoread]

that was the fucking problem with nintendo, all their games were kiddie shit

Possibly you could be right,as someone that owns all of the older consoles,I prefer the playstation myself.

Unfortunately,the RE series will only be coming out on the Cube,so the choice of getting that particular one is out of my hands. I like the PS2,but its not as good when the games you want are not available.

 

[Guest]

I'm not going to get into a videogame rant here, but I've been playing since I got in line to buy PONG in the early 70's.

I'll just say that after 7 hours a day for 2 years of masturbation, I seem to be developing carpal tunnel syndrome Can somebody please HELP ME???