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"Rumble feature causes problems!!!!"

A short while ago Granada news (Lancashire) reported that a boy had developed industrial hand syndrome from playing on a games console, It’s where your hands and fingers swell up obviously seen in people working with industrial tools. I don’t know much about it but it’s serious enough for NHS to be treating him in hospital so can’t be minor. The report later explained how he played on a games console up to 7 hours a day (which is a similar length to which I sometimes play), but more importantly he suffered from a condition where his hands go white in the cold and developing this syndrome was probably related. They said he got it from using a controller with a “rumble feature” but didn’t say which, they showed a picture of both a Saturn controller and a dreamcast controller (may have been examples). It went on how playstation games give a warning to take a break every 30 minutes (actually every hour) which this person didn’t do.

Now this scared the hell out of me and I’ll tell you why. I used to go to bording school and 6 days a week we played sport, Most of the time it was freezing and I always got told off for having my hands up my sleeves because it hurt to move them. In cold places (usually outside) my hands start to turn white from the fingers down and started to go num, trying to move them is very difficult and feels like you have a pair of skiing gloves on, only painful!!! It’s a condition known as Raynauds, It’s not a disease or anything seriously wrong but just the blood vessels in my hands and feet are very sensitive to temperature.

My parents finally listened to me and took me to the doctor, he explained a bit about it and said don’t hold cold objects, don’t smoke and “anything that vibrates” will aggravate it!!! I figured this means drills, chainsaws and powerful tools not small things, but today i realised the dual shock and other rumble controllers sit in the palm of your hands and heavy usage can't be a good thing.


There’s still a lot of health issues not realised with videogames, It took many years for people to realise TV's weren't a raditation risk but later found that playing with the lights off causes more strain to your eyes, The closer you are to the screen the worse it is and many more related problems. The best way around it is to take that 15-minute break every hour as instructed in most game manuals and just limit yourself, I am

Thanks for reading
Res

AHH my ARM AHHH AHHH AHHH AHHHH

pb wrote:
> I get rumble feature problems. Every time I eat baked beans.

It had to be
> said, damn it!

pb out of interest where do you get your rumbling?

I read about this as well. Apparently, this frankly stupid kid played for 7 hours a day of racing games with powerful vibration functions. Bassically, he was an addict. I don't think we should all atart throwing away our consoles yet.

I get rumble feature problems. Every time I eat baked beans.

It had to be said, damn it!

Yea I saw that, his hands swell in the cold and stuff.

Good job I dont have a PS" mwuah :o)

But I think he must of played it quite a bloody lot. Like 5hours a day, for 10months. Or he just held the control really awkward.

nothing is wrong with video games


(Tony_Blair's arm falls off)




AHHH!! AHHHH!!!! AHH!!!!!!

When I first got my 64 all those years ago, my brother took a look at the rumble pack and said

"You'll get arthritus from this"

I haven't even bothered replacing the batteries from the last time they went dead, about a year ago, so I hope I'm OK! Heh

They have just mentioned this on NewsBeat.

It said it was a "PlayStation", and it was the result of using a "Rumble Board". Erm...

Apparently it became apparent when his Mum asked him to use an electric sander. This indicates that he must have been using the "Rumble Board" while he was suffering from the condition - which means this kid has serious issues and needs to see a psychologist. Of course, they're suing Sony. I can't see them winning.

It was probably a combination of the cold and rumble feature. If you start to feel something wrong - turn it off, simple.

Meka Dragon wrote:


I wonder if anyone has ever put a vibrating controller
> in their pants.

For the record, I have not.

I haven't done that either.
Maybe this is the secret to the Asian Prince's special Vibrating hands?