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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. vibrating controllers by sheol · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you're playing video games 7 hours a day, you deserve whatever happens to you...

  2. WwwWwhhhhhhaatttttt?//? by mESSDan · · Score: 0, Redundant

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    -- Dan
  3. WWWhhaaatt by Anomaly+Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  4. Typical media BS by SpookyFish · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This article is just an annoying reminder of how the media spins and distorts issues. Why don't they have the courage to run this article with a little different slant and a headline such as "Another child injured by parental neglect -- lazy parents allow son to play video games seven hours daily"?

    How soon can we expect the multi-million dollar lawsuit on this one?

  5. From the article... by CaptainSuperBoy · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Injuries associated with the use of computers or their accessories include joystick digit, mouse elbow and central palmar blister on the inside of the hand.

    Joystick digit? Mouse elbow? This stuff is hilarious! How about CTRL-ALT-DEL-overextended-finger?

  6. *phew* by iotaborg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seven hours of any activity is hazardous to my health? Phew! I only get 5 hours of sleep a day, looks like I wont be getting those sleep disorders at this rate :)