Wierd Effects on Real Life From Playing Videogames

Nenji · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:43 am Post subject:

It's like this:

Nintendo Thumb

Sony Hand

Microsoft Life.

Those lights are caused by the lights out of the screen, it overloads the optic nerves and thus creates these after images you describe.
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ProtoSword.EXE · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

Here's one after-affect from video games. If you play video games for TOO long without giving yourself a break, you can bruise your arm! :O :! It happened to me once, I was trying real hard to beat Super Mario Bros. and I never took a break. My arm hurt for quite some time. Sad

You gotta be careful about the dangers of playing video games. :/

kram_elbog · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject:

That is why handhelds systems, and ALL GAMES nowadays that are for game systems come with a little Saftey manuel, or in the game booklet says DO NOT PLAY FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. Or IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.... STOP PLAYING, TAKE A BREAK, THEN CONTINUE LATER.

They do that to point out the dangers of the flashing lights, and that sometimes buttons can give you blisters and such.
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NotJim · :3c Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 973

How many people actually read those and remember/apply them though? :stonecube:
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ProtoSword.EXE · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:25 am Post subject:

It beats following them if you want to live. :/ But I was on FIRE THAT DAY I got that bruise that I didn't stop! Evil or Very Mad

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kram_elbog · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:52 am Post subject:

Yeah I know pretty much noone reads them because they all say the exact same thing. Maybe you read the very first one that you ever get, and the second but after that you know what they are preaching so since they all say the same thing there are very few people who read them. Well I know I don't.

I was in art yesterday and for some reason the Red and White dragons from Lunar Dragon Song popped into my head.
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:44 pm Post subject:

Hey I keep all my little books like that. I must have a bunch of them.

CrossFusionStarman · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:47 am Post subject:

I keep all of them too, but I've never read a single one of them. They just sit in the corner in a box. Hell, I still have my Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time one.
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NotJim · :3c Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 973

I wonder how high a pile you can stack with all those unread game manuals...
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Nenji · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:04 am Post subject:

Unread? I read all of mine! Often when my bro is playing the game and I get bored, or I'm looking up something.
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NotJim · :3c Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 973

Well, most (if not all) of the previous posters sure haven't...
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MegaDaffy · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:18 am Post subject:

When I started playing Mega Man, most of my thoughts had Mega Man in them. :]
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Wolf · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

I sometimes get nightmares of MissingNo. deleting all my games, and once I dreamed of my EXE3 being erased by a BugFrag glitch that has been happening with me and my friend (I just finished it friday 100%).

Tip: NEVER GO AGAINST GLITCHES BEFORE GOING TO BED!
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Wackoman.EXE · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject:

I just counted. I have fifty four health manuals. They have one for Pokemon Puzzle League, that game should have had a surgeon generals warning on it. I played it for 11 hours in between ten minute mountain dew and ramen breaks. I couldnt see very well for a couple of days. My mom took away my N64. -_-;
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NotJim · :3c Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 973

Perhaps they should have an addiction warning attached...

Then again, ALL games (regardless of console/system) would require one.

"WARNING: Game may become addictive."

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Nenji · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:32 am Post subject:

Puzzle League is teh awesome, even if the voices do get annoying.

Oh THOSE books. I've read each about once. Heck I've read the manual to my PSP (The shame) T_T
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xfyrethespooky · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

shame is right. you have a PSP.

one really wierd thing that happened to me was i was playing Wind Waker. after that, i went in the kitchen for some food. just as i was turning left into the kitchen, i thought, "wait! i have to change the wind to the west! what am i talking about?"

i've only had one other experience like that. once, after talking about Sonic Adventure with my friend at lunch, i felt like i could get to our classroom faster by rolling there. i stopped myself quickly before i did anything, though.
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Nenji · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

Oh please, if you turn this into a PSP vs DS thread I'll be very annoyed as they pop up all over the place on Gamefaqs, seriously that place is filled with Rabid Weasels...the truth is the platform is irrelevant and any True Gamer knows it's the game that counts.

Another weird side effect: I can remember incidental music from games I played like 7 years ago...and it'll pop into my head at the most random of times.
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