Only The Dog Knows For Sure

DVD is right, the newer controllers are like a warm buttered dinner roll compared the day old bread back in the day...

buy a stick :)

Hand exercises!
youtube.com/watch?v=hUyMNyrOHJQ

Also, what's up with BBcode help?

From original gameboy to nintendo DS the buttons and d-pad have gotten smaller now.

Played video games since I was 4. I'm 24 now and fit as a flea. Sorry mass media.

Personally as a guitarist of about 15 years I can tell you that playing the guitar fucks your hands up way more than game controllers! Callouses, cramps, stretches, but it all works towards giving you more articulate finger control (giggidy).

The thing is the older you get the more likely you are to release your "squeeze" on the controller during the cutscenes / menus etc.

The young kids though, I've seen them, they grip that controller like it's trying to escape! Squeeze the bastard harder as the game get's more tense.

But, nevertheless, this stinks of sneaky Natal "you don't need to injure yourself on a controller, just wave your arms around and IMAGINE you've got a steering wheel" Marketing.

Usually I agree with SCIENCE. But after 2 decades of gaming my hands are still in mint condition.

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You know what, this is a good way to build character. It teaches children that, if there's something you really want to do, something you strive to achieve, you have to be willing to go through some pain to get there.

carpal tunnel is just a side effect of victory!

Yeah Guitar Hero makes most people's hands ache like hell.

Most repetitive things done with the hands can fuck them over, least of all ergonomic controllers, the 360 controller is a great for long gaming sessions. Sometimes I get insane spazy pain in my left hand when playing PC games, but that's mostly about posture. I pump my hands during loading screens subconciously for the win.


And I'm guessing that kid will be fucked up because he was allowed to play games too much during a time in his life when his hands were developing.

This just in, exercise causes muscle pain in children. Is the Presidential Fitness Award to be blamed?

@sexualchocolate: and I suppose the sonymote will be 100% ergonomic and safe.

No cause for concern, this isn't a "games are bad" notion, just a study to help parents monitor for their childrens' overuse? Ye know, "My hand hurts Mommy". "Give it a break for a while and stretch a bit".

I actually tend to find it's the game rather than the controller, that sets my hands off. I used to game hours on end on Unreal Tournament on PC with no problem at all, but 30mins into a Quake3 session and my mouse hand really ached. All down to the controls - for some reason, my middle finger behaved differently in 'jump' mode than it did in 'alt-fire' mode :s

To this day, some games have given me problems on 360 too where most haven't, where my hands lean forwards, pointing closer to the floor.

As for the Wii relieving this problem... not for me. I find swinging my arms about in bowling to be very straining, as you've got no weight to prevent you swinging fast and hard whil not actually using much bicep muscle. The result? The blood rushes to my hands much more than in real bowling, and actually hurts unless I defiantly slow it down.

Listen to Sexualchocolate! No seriously!

Guitaring not only fucks your hands up but it's expected. There are no "alternatives." Your teacher will tell you straight up "This is gonna hurt like a bitch. Deal with it pussy." I've never had pains playing GH or RB but I know people who do. Occasionally I get pains drumming but I just do what I do in real life and adjust my hands.

Meanwhile gaming will not kill your hands. Trust me. And the younger you are the worse it is? Dude I've been gaming since before I could do basic math. That's just bull.

And old people hands are gross Jim. No more old people hands headers.

@ Midgetsnowman - Uh, yeah. Most controllers these days are pretty well designed for use. The 360 controller is (shame it doesn't charge- that's a fail), as is the PS3 controller, uh, I don't see your point?....

Mind, these questionnaires were filled out by 7- to 12-year olds. They don't know anything and could very well be exaggerating.

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Good thing I'm all grown up, my adult hands don't even shiver at the sight of a controller.

For once I agree with SexualChocolate on something. Being an avid pianist, violinist, and guitar player, I can say that screwed up my hands more then any game controller has.
EXCEPT the guitar hero controllers. I got Rock Band a while back and pretty much played it every night for a week on expert level songs, and I had such bad hand cramps I could hardly hold a pencil. After playing all those instruments, it was a fake plastic one that finally did my poor hand in.
I've never had problems with the later gen's controllers, which tend to be better formed, though I still find the duelshock a little small for my hands. The Gamecube and 360 controller have been the most comfortable for me so far. My NES controller just hurts now.

goood thing i masturbate a lot this keeps ma hands in good shape remember to warm up your hands before playing lol but seriously i have been playing games for over 17 years and i can still clock in 6 hour sessions with no complaints "D

i play the guitar and it only hurt during the first year when i was building my callouses up. really hot coffee will you too!

The blame it on the video game bid again. Video games are not only corrupting, teaching to steal, sodomizing and selling drugs to little kids, but know are also giving them Carpal tunnel syndrome and Arthritis...Hmmm...It's like Six Degrees of Separation but with video games instead of Kevin Bacon. Hey Jim! Can we link Barack Obama's Nobel Price to a video game?

im sure this nervous stress and whatever comes from any repeated activity such as playing piano, real guitar, or drawing.

in other news, playing soccer a lot can give you shin splints. physical pain by soccer!? BAN THIS FILTH