Game injuries

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2004-10-28 10:58pm

So i am playing AVP 2 because i having played a real scary game in a long time. I put it on its hardest mode and because i have a new PC with a awesome sound card i am hearing sounds i never heard before in the game. Either way i am really doing good but because the game is so intense on the hardest level my legs are all tensed up and hurting. So like the brainiac that i am i decide i am going to take a break but i don't pause or quit the game i just leave it running. Right as i go to stand up, an alien jumps right in front of the screen from nowhere and i have the volume way up. It makes that crazy violin screech and it startles me like i have never been before, i fall backwards into the chair (instead of standing up) and crack my already aching legs under the desk (which is metal) and hit my head on the floor. Let my stupidity be a warning to you. You can injure yourself while playing video games

anyone else have tales of stupidity

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-10-28 11:00pm

I've pushed my thumbs to silly extremes, where I can't move it without pain. Nothing much else though.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-10-29 01:34am

I rubbed a blister on my hand from Mario Party once or twice at least. I also know that I've just about put blisters on my thumb from the Dpad on a Dreamcast controller from playing Marvel Capcom for too damn long.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-10-29 01:37am

Cal Wright wrote:I rubbed a blister on my hand from Mario Party once or twice at least.

Damn that game. I did that, too.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-10-29 02:00am

The Street Fighter games were always rough on my thumbs.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-29 02:40am

Think I fell off my chair once. Was playing a LAN game and something made me jump out of my seat and the chair suddenly detached from the legs and collapsed while I was attempting to jump.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-10-29 10:11am

closest i've had is playing tekken tag tourney for well over an hour in the arcades to the point where my fingers were cramped and sore.

Sporkzen · Post by **Sporkzen** » 2004-10-29 10:15am

Cal Wright wrote:I rubbed a blister on my hand from Mario Party once or twice at least. I also know that I've just about put blisters on my thumb from the Dpad on a Dreamcast controller from playing Marvel Capcom for too damn long.

I remember trying to break the record on the wind up fly guy..... oh man that rubbed a blister from hell on my hand..

Also MvC2 has made my thumb so sore i cant use the space bar on my computer without cringing

Tech^salvager · Post by **Tech^salvager** » 2004-10-29 10:46am

I had hurt my eyes badly cause I looked at the monitor to long. I say I spent 43-44 hours looking at the monitor though the game lasted 45 hours.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-10-29 11:40am

My problem isn't really sore thumbs, but rather my ass gets sore after sitting on the chair for the time I'm playing the game.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-10-29 09:39pm

Sporkzen wrote:
Cal Wright wrote:I rubbed a blister on my hand from Mario Party once or twice at least. I also know that I've just about put blisters on my thumb from the Dpad on a Dreamcast controller from playing Marvel Capcom for too damn long.
I remember trying to break the record on the wind up fly guy..... oh man that rubbed a blister from hell on my hand..

Also MvC2 has made my thumb so sore i cant use the space bar on my computer without cringing

I found the pictures of that btw. I'll have to remember to give them to you. I wish I sent them in now, we would have won the EGM contest.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-10-29 09:55pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:My problem isn't really sore thumbs, but rather my ass gets sore after sitting on the chair for the time I'm playing the game.

Yeah that' sucks. My computer chair's padding has been compressed to the point where i'm now effectively sitting directly on plastic. It doesn't feel all that great...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-10-29 10:35pm

Several hour-long sessions at Smash Bros. Melee gives me ouchy callouses (not really blisters) on my thumb. 'Specially that thumb.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-10-30 05:39am

Havent been affected much by games other than sore eyes.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-10-30 05:49am

Master of Ossus wrote:
Cal Wright wrote:I rubbed a blister on my hand from Mario Party once or twice at least.
Damn that game. I did that, too.

Wow, that seems very common. I hate it when some game requires stick rotation to solve a puzzle...damn thing wears out a lot faster.