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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. They just need more disclaimers... by Axe · · Score: 0, Troll
    Like - do not use for masturbation - risk of electrocution..

    I better use my own, 100% natural joystick.. ;)

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  2. The lawyers already smell blood... by va_willy · · Score: 1, Troll
    During the heydey of the dot-com "revolution," my employer and several others in the Valley supplied their employees with shiny new computers equipped with the latest in gaming hardware. Amongst the GeForce3's, 21 inch "perfectly flat" displays, and Windows 98 licenses, there were - you guessed it - vibrating controllers. Which are now apparently being deemed a health hazard.

    Some of my former co-workers with whom I have kept in touch have been consulting lawyers in the area in the hopes of "demonstrating" that the vibrating controllers and other ergonomic no-nos committed in our workplace are grounds for getting some quick cash through the legal system. Because of the very nature of this sort of damage - that it is very difficult to prove whether or not somebody is feeling pain in their arm - they believe that it will be an open-and-shut case and that most companies will want to settle quickly to avoid further damage to stock prices and profits.

    I don't wholehartedly condone this sort of behavior, but some companies have such an atrocious employee relations record that they almost deserve the misery...

    will

  3. Note to fuckhead moderators: by dimator · · Score: 2, Troll

    The parent post is in fact funny. To the dumb shit who moderated it as a troll: do you know what the hell a troll is? Jesus.

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