Had a game seizure? Call this guy.
A few years back, a kid busted a seizure playing Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. Syracuse attorney Michael P. Kenny was and still is on the case against Sony and Vivendi, which is just now hitting the discovery phase. I guess this makes Kenny the expert on game seizure cases, as he's now soliciting that kind of business on his webpage. The url? It's videogameseizures.com. Seriously.
This firm says that they've "developed a unique set of capabilities" to litigate game seizure cases. They sound like they're out to save families from the corrupt, seizure-causing game industry. From their webpage:
Until the industry remedies this problem, Kenny & Kenny will continue to work with parents to receive proper compensation for the damage the video game industry has caused their children.
Something tells me that this angle of his isn't going to drum up much business.
[via Game Politics]
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9:00 AM on 11.04.2009
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Also this should be filed under #Flawsuit.
I remember them on NES game cartridges, and I always wondered if I'd have one. Wondered how cool that would be, that is.
It isn't. You can have seizures because of a video game, but then again almost anything can induce seizures. I have experience in this area since I have seizures and I've have had plenty while playing a video game. But like I said almost anything can induce a seizure if the conditions are right. Flashing lights, certain bright colors, etc. It's never a good idea to game while tired if you're an Epileptic either. If you're too tired and trying to play a video game at the same time it puts a strain on your brain that can cause a seizure.
In my cause I can have seizures simply by being frustrated, and not even to a huge degree. I've had seizures due to frustration caused by arguments, but believe it or not some as simple as an uncooperative router and annoying TV menu set up has caused me to seize as well despite not being nearly as frustrating as an argument. It's different for some people, but make no mistake one can be induced by a video game too. That is exactly why the video game industry is putting seizures warnings on games now.
but one day while playing guitar hero she had an episode. and i can tell ya, everyone sobered up after that!
shit i feel weird after hours of GH or RB myself. when i look away from the TV everything stretches out or moves in an area shaped like a V no matter what i look at. kinda fun actually.
BRING BACK JIM "THE HAMMER" SHAPIRO! (Actually, don't. Thank God that guy was disbarred, but boy was he entertaining on 4 a.m. commercials.)
Why is it NEVER the parent's fault? Why is the first response to get a damn lawyer? Just to get to court and have Sony's over paid lawyers announce to everyone within ear shot that you ARE a bad parent?