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Gaming sickness
Name: Nic Date: December 1, 2003 at 10:32:12 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon 2400 / 512MB Pc270
Comment:
Hi Ive only now decided to try and find out what causes it... but playing computer games (mainly first person shooters) give me headaches and make me feel sick... (had to be one of my fav genres didnt it)... even 3rd person shooters/adventure games like vice city give me headaches after a while...
it only seems to be pc games... console (ps2, gc, xbox) first person shooters dont seem to effect me... but pc ones do..
does anbody else suffer from this, does anybody know what its called, any way to cure/prevent it.....
all replies are welcomed thanks in advance cheers nic
Name: dakkon10 Date: December 1, 2003 at 16:11:54 Pacific
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theres a few things that can cause it. The first one is probably the colors and lights. Lots of games put warnings on them now about rapid light and color changes causing sickness and even seizures. It could possibly also be that your PC is emitting high levels of radiation(dunno), or just the area of ur pc. You can play a console game in any position, when you're in front of your computer you're usually sat in a chair in the same position. it could be one of these things, then again, i'm only 18 and don't know too much about health, hehe if any of this happened to help....then yay
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Response Number 2
Name: MTatton Date: December 1, 2003 at 17:28:31 Pacific
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becareful if you are having an illness playing these games.....while playing a game my friend had a seisure and ended up passing away :'( Well i guess you could say he died doing what he loved to do
MTatton
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Response Number 3
Name: Ryan Date: December 1, 2003 at 17:47:45 Pacific
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Also check your refresrates. If it's low (like less than 85) it might eritate you. The lower the refresh rate the more "flickering" your monitor does. Floresent liting also does that and makes some peopel sick.
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Response Number 4
Name: Nic Date: December 1, 2003 at 22:25:29 Pacific
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Thanks... ile try boosting the refresh rates on my monitor... it was set to 60... boosted it to 85
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Response Number 5
Name: Hakemon CTS Date: December 3, 2003 at 06:06:43 Pacific
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I need a new monitor, mine only does 60Hz, lol. Its an 1989 IBM VGA monitor (640x480@60Hz.)!
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Response Number 6
Name: Nic Date: December 4, 2003 at 10:30:03 Pacific
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My monitor is only a few months old... it should have been running at 85.. but was set to 60hz
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Response Number 7
Name: clifford Date: December 4, 2003 at 15:04:00 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
To answer your first post, YES! I also suffer from the problem. It happens with games like Quake, Doom, Wolf3d. Especially Worlf3d. The symptoms are feeling nausea, and headaches..
I play flight sims for hours but do not get affected. sitting at a comp the whole week at office, Im absolutely normal... Cheers, Cliff I also play the X-box, PLaystation and Dreamcast. No problems...
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