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Sound familiar? Probably not, but I am sure a few of you (Ant) will know what I am about to say. How can gaming ruin your health? I am sure some of you are interested in knowing so I will explain.
How many of the people on these forums wear glasses? I may not be right, but I am sure that quite a lot of us do. HOw can I say this? Well to me its quite obvious, staring and focusing at the games we play is giving us bad eye sight. I have prooof *not very good, but anyways*. Here it is.
I know 3 people who wear glasses, but didn't used too. Over the years each ones eyesight got progressively worse, along with games having more to look at. One of them always plays Game Boy games, a lot of squinting involved, and he has got glasses because of this. Another of my friends also plays a lot of GB games, but he also very plays me *gets whooped* on the N64. He also has to wear glasses due to straining his eyes too much. Although my third example proves that it isn't just squinting at the GBs small screen that causes bad eye sight. The third person under inspection very rarely plays on his GB, just his N64 and Dreamcast really, once again glasses for him.
Mind you, its not just gamers eye sights that suffer, Repetetive Strain Injury (RSI) is another problem. Serious gam culprits of this are Track and Field games and many light guns games. Some of you may not agree with me on the light gun games, but anyone who has completed House of the Dead 2 on the hardest difficulty will understand.
The amount of times you tap the buttons during an hour playing these games is phenomenal. While playing Track and Field games you are made to tap the buttons very quickly with small movements of the thumbs to be succesful. Doing this will increase your chances of getting RSI a lot. Obviously playing this type of gamefor shorter periods of time is a wise move, but try to avoid playing it for a long time if possible.
Your probably all wondering why I am warning you of these thing (no it isn't because I want to ruin your fun). Well I am telling you because my eye sight has got drastically worse over the years, gone are the days when I could see anything. Now I have trouble seeing anything too far away. This has given me trouble at school as I have had trouble seeing the board. I tell the teacher and a reply something like, "where are your glasses Mark?" comes back at me. The thing is I haven't got any, I have had trouble convincing my parents just how bad my eye sight is.
Until recently they thought it wasn't asa bad as I was making it out to be, but now they have realised that it is. Although I still haven't had my eyes tested. I had been holding it off until I had my brace out. Now its out I will probably have to get glasses, just like my friends.
So next time you are playing a game and your eyes hurt, consider what I have just said. Would you prefer to finish the level or have glasses? Of course you could just completely ignore me, but at least have a think about what I have said.
Thanks for reading, MJ.
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How many of the people on these forums wear glasses? I may not be right, but I am sure that quite a lot of us do. HOw can I say this? Well to me its quite obvious, staring and focusing at the games we play is giving us bad eye sight. I have prooof *not very good, but anyways*. Here it is.
I know 3 people who wear glasses, but didn't used too. Over the years each ones eyesight got progressively worse, along with games having more to look at. One of them always plays Game Boy games, a lot of squinting involved, and he has got glasses because of this. Another of my friends also plays a lot of GB games, but he also very plays me *gets whooped* on the N64. He also has to wear glasses due to straining his eyes too much. Although my third example proves that it isn't just squinting at the GBs small screen that causes bad eye sight. The third person under inspection very rarely plays on his GB, just his N64 and Dreamcast really, once again glasses for him.
Mind you, its not just gamers eye sights that suffer, Repetetive Strain Injury (RSI) is another problem. Serious gam culprits of this are Track and Field games and many light guns games. Some of you may not agree with me on the light gun games, but anyone who has completed House of the Dead 2 on the hardest difficulty will understand.
The amount of times you tap the buttons during an hour playing these games is phenomenal. While playing Track and Field games you are made to tap the buttons very quickly with small movements of the thumbs to be succesful. Doing this will increase your chances of getting RSI a lot. Obviously playing this type of gamefor shorter periods of time is a wise move, but try to avoid playing it for a long time if possible.
Your probably all wondering why I am warning you of these thing (no it isn't because I want to ruin your fun). Well I am telling you because my eye sight has got drastically worse over the years, gone are the days when I could see anything. Now I have trouble seeing anything too far away. This has given me trouble at school as I have had trouble seeing the board. I tell the teacher and a reply something like, "where are your glasses Mark?" comes back at me. The thing is I haven't got any, I have had trouble convincing my parents just how bad my eye sight is.
Until recently they thought it wasn't asa bad as I was making it out to be, but now they have realised that it is. Although I still haven't had my eyes tested. I had been holding it off until I had my brace out. Now its out I will probably have to get glasses, just like my friends.
So next time you are playing a game and your eyes hurt, consider what I have just said. Would you prefer to finish the level or have glasses? Of course you could just completely ignore me, but at least have a think about what I have said.
Thanks for reading, MJ.
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Shocktrooper wrote:
> Don't believe it.
Not long ago it was reported that gaming
> actually help some part of your brain! RBS knows this kind of
> thing.
Scientists a re always reporting that different things
> actually do this and that, yada yada yada...zzz...
I don't know
> what to believe really.
I don't really care, I do what I want when I want and if I go blind from it then so be it. But atleast I had fun at the time. Live fast,die young and leave a good looking corpse. They now say chocolate is good for you, but they said a while ago the same then proved it wrong. Same probally with this.
> Don't believe it.
Not long ago it was reported that gaming
> actually help some part of your brain! RBS knows this kind of
> thing.
Scientists a re always reporting that different things
> actually do this and that, yada yada yada...zzz...
I don't know
> what to believe really.
I don't really care, I do what I want when I want and if I go blind from it then so be it. But atleast I had fun at the time. Live fast,die young and leave a good looking corpse. They now say chocolate is good for you, but they said a while ago the same then proved it wrong. Same probally with this.
I understand that gaming isn't the only thing that contributes to bad eye sight. Rakuga has given some more good examples, but I am sure that the way games (portables ones in particular) are designed to be played is going to give a lot of us worse eye sight than we should have.
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Don't believe it.
Not long ago it was reported that gaming actually help some part of your brain! RBS knows this kind of thing.
Scientists a re always reporting that different things actually do this and that, yada yada yada...zzz...
I don't know what to believe really.
Not long ago it was reported that gaming actually help some part of your brain! RBS knows this kind of thing.
Scientists a re always reporting that different things actually do this and that, yada yada yada...zzz...
I don't know what to believe really.
Although probably 50% of gamers do wear glasses another 50% don't. My mates on the computer about as long as me and he has no eye problems.
I think there's more factors.. not very well lit rooms to play, small computer screens, playing games and reading at night time. It's not just computers. I'm sure they have something to do with it but I would say other things worsen it as well.
I think there's more factors.. not very well lit rooms to play, small computer screens, playing games and reading at night time. It's not just computers. I'm sure they have something to do with it but I would say other things worsen it as well.
most of the young population use computers, watch tv or read all could be said to damage eye sight but your evidence is circumstancial.
So??? Your point? Thats not what I said was it? What I said was that I know people who have to wear glasses BECAUSE of playing games. So stop being annoying and post something worthwhile.
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i know plenty of people who wear glasses that dont play games
Sound familiar? Probably not, but I am sure a few of you (Ant) will know what I am about to say. How can gaming ruin your health? I am sure some of you are interested in knowing so I will explain.
How many of the people on these forums wear glasses? I may not be right, but I am sure that quite a lot of us do. HOw can I say this? Well to me its quite obvious, staring and focusing at the games we play is giving us bad eye sight. I have prooof *not very good, but anyways*. Here it is.
I know 3 people who wear glasses, but didn't used too. Over the years each ones eyesight got progressively worse, along with games having more to look at. One of them always plays Game Boy games, a lot of squinting involved, and he has got glasses because of this. Another of my friends also plays a lot of GB games, but he also very plays me *gets whooped* on the N64. He also has to wear glasses due to straining his eyes too much. Although my third example proves that it isn't just squinting at the GBs small screen that causes bad eye sight. The third person under inspection very rarely plays on his GB, just his N64 and Dreamcast really, once again glasses for him.
Mind you, its not just gamers eye sights that suffer, Repetetive Strain Injury (RSI) is another problem. Serious gam culprits of this are Track and Field games and many light guns games. Some of you may not agree with me on the light gun games, but anyone who has completed House of the Dead 2 on the hardest difficulty will understand.
The amount of times you tap the buttons during an hour playing these games is phenomenal. While playing Track and Field games you are made to tap the buttons very quickly with small movements of the thumbs to be succesful. Doing this will increase your chances of getting RSI a lot. Obviously playing this type of gamefor shorter periods of time is a wise move, but try to avoid playing it for a long time if possible.
Your probably all wondering why I am warning you of these thing (no it isn't because I want to ruin your fun). Well I am telling you because my eye sight has got drastically worse over the years, gone are the days when I could see anything. Now I have trouble seeing anything too far away. This has given me trouble at school as I have had trouble seeing the board. I tell the teacher and a reply something like, "where are your glasses Mark?" comes back at me. The thing is I haven't got any, I have had trouble convincing my parents just how bad my eye sight is.
Until recently they thought it wasn't asa bad as I was making it out to be, but now they have realised that it is. Although I still haven't had my eyes tested. I had been holding it off until I had my brace out. Now its out I will probably have to get glasses, just like my friends.
So next time you are playing a game and your eyes hurt, consider what I have just said. Would you prefer to finish the level or have glasses? Of course you could just completely ignore me, but at least have a think about what I have said.
Thanks for reading, MJ.
(;o|
How many of the people on these forums wear glasses? I may not be right, but I am sure that quite a lot of us do. HOw can I say this? Well to me its quite obvious, staring and focusing at the games we play is giving us bad eye sight. I have prooof *not very good, but anyways*. Here it is.
I know 3 people who wear glasses, but didn't used too. Over the years each ones eyesight got progressively worse, along with games having more to look at. One of them always plays Game Boy games, a lot of squinting involved, and he has got glasses because of this. Another of my friends also plays a lot of GB games, but he also very plays me *gets whooped* on the N64. He also has to wear glasses due to straining his eyes too much. Although my third example proves that it isn't just squinting at the GBs small screen that causes bad eye sight. The third person under inspection very rarely plays on his GB, just his N64 and Dreamcast really, once again glasses for him.
Mind you, its not just gamers eye sights that suffer, Repetetive Strain Injury (RSI) is another problem. Serious gam culprits of this are Track and Field games and many light guns games. Some of you may not agree with me on the light gun games, but anyone who has completed House of the Dead 2 on the hardest difficulty will understand.
The amount of times you tap the buttons during an hour playing these games is phenomenal. While playing Track and Field games you are made to tap the buttons very quickly with small movements of the thumbs to be succesful. Doing this will increase your chances of getting RSI a lot. Obviously playing this type of gamefor shorter periods of time is a wise move, but try to avoid playing it for a long time if possible.
Your probably all wondering why I am warning you of these thing (no it isn't because I want to ruin your fun). Well I am telling you because my eye sight has got drastically worse over the years, gone are the days when I could see anything. Now I have trouble seeing anything too far away. This has given me trouble at school as I have had trouble seeing the board. I tell the teacher and a reply something like, "where are your glasses Mark?" comes back at me. The thing is I haven't got any, I have had trouble convincing my parents just how bad my eye sight is.
Until recently they thought it wasn't asa bad as I was making it out to be, but now they have realised that it is. Although I still haven't had my eyes tested. I had been holding it off until I had my brace out. Now its out I will probably have to get glasses, just like my friends.
So next time you are playing a game and your eyes hurt, consider what I have just said. Would you prefer to finish the level or have glasses? Of course you could just completely ignore me, but at least have a think about what I have said.
Thanks for reading, MJ.
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