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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. 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?