yup that's the first thing i thought ofAceDiamond said:This isn't the first condition to be named after videogames by a long shot.
There was Nintendonitis in the 80s, for example.
Ah, those rotating minigames...the least they could have done is make the stick a little softer and not have given it sharp ridges. I literally cut into my thumb once playing one of those..whats worse, I stopped when I saw blood and the computer won...Brokkr said:The only controller that I have ever been injured from is the N64 controller while playing Mario Party. In some of the minigames, the best way to win is to put the palm of your hand on the control stick and rotate it as fast as possible. I scraped a couple layers of skin off my hand a couple of times doing that.
To their credit, nintendo made the GCB joysticks a lil softer for the gaming masses, though I do have the rubber missing on some due to the mario parties on that systemSoxfan1016 said:Ah, those rotating minigames...the least they could have done is make the stick a little softer and not have given it sharp ridges. I literally cut into my thumb once playing one of those..whats worse, I stopped when I saw blood and the computer won...
Or there was simply something on the controller being used? If you ask me, the victim should've consulted an allergist as well. Then again, I'm no dermatologist, so what do I know.ckeymel said:It seems bizarre that something like this would crop up only just now - perhaps its caused more by the controller shape or the plastic used or something like that...
This is epic. I think you should try it and find out. =]Abedeus said:If I break my keyboard on the head, will I get a medical condition for stupidity?
Dude, I went through that exact same thing!! I had been rotating the stick in the palm of my hand, and it caused a few layers to slough off in a circular pattern.Brokkr said:The only controller that I have ever been injured from is the N64 controller while playing Mario Party. In some of the minigames, the best way to win is to put the palm of your hand on the control stick and rotate it as fast as possible. I scraped a couple layers of skin off my hand a couple of times doing that.
remember how you would always know that one person who played so long that he wore off the top of the stick until it was just plastic? or was that just me, THAT was pain.MaxTheReaper said:I knew I wasn't the only one! Goddamnit, that thing always caused me pain.Brokkr said:The only controller that I have ever been injured from is the N64 controller while playing Mario Party. In some of the minigames, the best way to win is to put the palm of your hand on the control stick and rotate it as fast as possible. I scraped a couple layers of skin off my hand a couple of times doing that.
Even normal use could hurt you, depending on how you used the control stick. (I'd push it from the sides, causing painful indents, for instance.)
I'd call it 'frustration' and tell you to lay off the Counter-Strike.Abedeus said:If I break my keyboard on the head, will I get a medical condition for stupidity?
I haven't played CS since last summer.Radelaide said:I'd call it 'frustration' and tell you to lay off the Counter-Strike.Abedeus said:If I break my keyboard on the head, will I get a medical condition for stupidity?
I think the only 'gaming' injury I've ever had, wasn't even caused by gaming. I dropped the power box thingy from my xbox on my foot the first day I got it. Damn that hurt! Xbox Foot? I doubt it. She probably forgot to wash her hands after going to the bathroom or something and bacteria would have gotten on her controller, and due to excessive playing, would have just got something from that.
Abedeusitis - The uncontrollable urge to break your keyboard with your forehead. See: Stupidity.Abedeus said:I haven't played CS since last summer.Radelaide said:I'd call it 'frustration' and tell you to lay off the Counter-Strike.Abedeus said:If I break my keyboard on the head, will I get a medical condition for stupidity?
I think the only 'gaming' injury I've ever had, wasn't even caused by gaming. I dropped the power box thingy from my xbox on my foot the first day I got it. Damn that hurt! Xbox Foot? I doubt it. She probably forgot to wash her hands after going to the bathroom or something and bacteria would have gotten on her controller, and due to excessive playing, would have just got something from that.
Also, I was talking about breaking it on purpose, just to get the condition named after me.
Only difference is vibration and it's heavier, so it won't do any better.MrGFunk said:During a particularly heavy burnout weekend a about 5 months ago I did get some red marks in the palms of my hands from the sixaxis. Didn't think much of it at the time. Now I know I've had the disease I feel a bit silly. It was worth it though.Malygris said:Sony Responds To "PlayStation Palm" Diagnosis
Maybe I should get a dual shock?
What's worse is playing Time Crisis for hours on end so your arms and back are in agony (especially since my TV was high up back then aswell)Pirce said:I find this all very strange, I've been playing video games quite a lot since I was two and I've never gotten anything like this before. And this is coming from a guy who played Street Fighter for so long that he had to get muscle relaxer shot into his hand.
!Exacta!Radelaide said:Abedeusitis - The uncontrollable urge to break your keyboard with your forehead. See: Stupidity.Abedeus said:I haven't played CS since last summer.Radelaide said:I'd call it 'frustration' and tell you to lay off the Counter-Strike.Abedeus said:If I break my keyboard on the head, will I get a medical condition for stupidity?
I think the only 'gaming' injury I've ever had, wasn't even caused by gaming. I dropped the power box thingy from my xbox on my foot the first day I got it. Damn that hurt! Xbox Foot? I doubt it. She probably forgot to wash her hands after going to the bathroom or something and bacteria would have gotten on her controller, and due to excessive playing, would have just got something from that.
Also, I was talking about breaking it on purpose, just to get the condition named after me.
Something like that?
Practically no one in my classroom during those first months of constant "mario parties" had any skin in their palms.Brokkr said:The only controller that I have ever been injured from is the N64 controller while playing Mario Party. In some of the minigames, the best way to win is to put the palm of your hand on the control stick and rotate it as fast as possible. I scraped a couple layers of skin off my hand a couple of times doing that.