Video Game Hazards

I don’t get to play my video games nearly as much as I’d like to, but then again, who does? I had a fairly long session running about Vana’diel last night trying to find the nomad moogle as part of the latest in game event. I finally found the little bugger right back where I had started. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t there when I started, still I felt like I’d wasted a lot of time on my extended tour. By this time, I was tired and had a bit of motion sickness, so I went to bed. All was well, or so I thought…

Through the night I kept waking up and at one point was awaken by this incredibly painful stiffness in my right wrist. So I guess 2+ hours of gaming was coming back to punish me! It’s okay now, but as gaming becomes more mainstream and more immersive, these kinds of injuries will probably become more common. This RedNova News article entitled "Video Game Victims", may be a good read for anyone who has spent maybe a bit too much time with the controller. Though I don’t think "victim" is the term I would use to describe the people suffering the injuries any more than I would use it to describe people getting injuries while playing any other recreational sport. Heh! We were all willing participants. In fact, I’m going back in right now.