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Vibrating Controller Alert

Posted by timothy on from the how-about-compulsive-play-alert dept.

mgibbs writes: "According to this article at the BBC, all those game consoles with vibrating controllers can be hazardous to your health. This would have been nice to know before all those hours killing The Flood in HALO; and here I thought all those pins and needles were from the exciting game play."

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  1. Some links by soulcuttr · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I've been hearing about this sort of thing the last week or so in the news. Though with the amount my game-junkie friends and I play games you'd think it would have hit us by now. Anyway, here's a couple of other links to similar stories. But then if I know my health experts, and I think I do (cough...eggs...cough), next year they'll tell us how vibrating controllers are good for us.
  2. Re:British Reporting? by Gumshoe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If by uselss you mean, simply and non-sensationally reporting a statement made by a genuine and otherwise respected doctor, and a contrary statement by Sony; then yes I agree, British newspapers are useless. Although, I always thought that's what newspapers were supposed to do. I.E. keep their opinions to themselves - after all that's what we're here for.... In this case, it is the doctor himself who is being senstational. I suspect he's never seen or used a vibrating controller. If he had, he would realise that these things are no more dangerous than a purring cat. "Vibratory White Finger" is usually experienced by roadworkers and miners, not minors.