Girl Has Seizure After 5 Hours of Video GamingFollow

Thats horriable =( but there are many stories, of gamers having seizure's and things. And of corse it gets blamed on the games... chances are most of these people already had medical problems. It is sad to see =(

However , too answer your question. I remember back in the kunark days, my collage roomate and skipped class multipal times and played 36 - 48 hours strieght. And that was just killing LCD's in solb to try and hit lvl 60. Back then 59 was a hell lvl. and it lived up to its name, cause it was (HELL!). I dont think i could ever be that addicted to something again. Now im more of a casual player. Putting in 2 hours a night max. Unless its my day off work.. then ill put in 5 - 8 hours sometimes. =)

again, i hate to see things like that girl having a seizure. =( i feel bad for her.

I read about this. The girl actually had the seizure as a reaction to flashing lights in the game. People try to make it out as "video games can kill you", when really any tv show, movie, or anything that has flashing lights could have done it. If 5 hours of video was bad for you I'd be dead a long time ago :)

Edited, Mon Dec 12 14:36:48 2005 by SuiG

I saw this article as well. What infuriates me is that the media will make it sound like it's the fault of the video game or of the video game manufacturer because things like this happen. It's unfortunate that this happened and I feel bad for the girl. I love video games and play them for hours on end but I know when enough is enough and I have reached my limit. Maybe this girl's parents should have supervised her more and limited her playing time. I get so tired of people blaming TV/video games/music, etc. for the problems when the REAL problem is the lack of parenting and discipline. /sigh

Aye, the link is not present. On another note, that little girl is a light weight. Only one seizure/5hours? I have dozens of seizures an hour while playing EQ. It's all part of the game... isn't it? Why do you think they have that warning on the box?

I spent 27 hours stright on a camp once way back when to get my turn at JBoots all I had was 2 bloody sockets where my eyes used to be.

I used to play EQ everyday after work for about 5-6 hours, 10-12 hours Saturday, and again on Sunday. Days off? 8-12 hours if possible. It's never caused anything more than a mild headache at times. Games are harmless.

Oh wait, I almost forgot about the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome I've developed in both hands which has forced me to quit playing almost completely...