Gaming Related Injury

[acelightning]

I know there has got to be some insane stories of gamers receiving injuries from the console or computer they love so much.

 

[Rasputin1]

There's a video somewhere on youtube (I'm too lazy to find it) of some guy playing his Wii, and the controller flys off his arm and breaks his big tv.. I'm sure most people have seen it.

 

[Marter]

Someone once threw a controller at my head. Left a decent sized bump for a few days.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Besides bruised egos, the worst I got was cramp in my thumbs.

 

[Omikron009]

My friend once threw an xbox controller at my crotch and it hit me pistol grip first. That hurt.

I once kicked a hole in the wall after a particularly aggravating fight in Dead Space.

 

[no oneder]

Mmm not really. Though after the first time I played Guitar Hero I had a massively swollen wrist.

 

[L4hlborg]

This injury isn't directly caused by a game, but I usually end up playing on the floor, instead of playing on a chair. This is mainly because of modern day consoles overusing their HD capabilities so, that you can't read any onscreen text without a HD-TV. So being forced to move closer to the television makes me play on the floor, and playing on floor gave me a really sore back. It hurt a lot for a week or so.

 

[AceDefective]

After playing all night i got up tired and disoriented and hungry i walked into the kitchen to make my self food and accidently ate dog food when i realized what i was eating i droped it and tried to walk over to the sink and slipped on the food on the floor and broke my leg.

 

[The Machine King]

Watched someone grab a controller by the cord and cracked it like a whip after being taunted. The trash talker needed stitches.

 

[wooty]

Dropped my PS2 on my foot once, I think thats about all

 

[Blindswordmaster]

Hit my brother in the head with a Wii-mote. We weren't playing a game, he just pissed me off. I was unwrapping a PS2 controller years ago and it hit my crotch. Had to play the game with my pants off, as it swelled a bit.

 

[RN7]

Once, I played KH2. The end boss goes into this sequence where you need to mash Triangle to deflect these bats. He does this twice, the second having a greater speed and bat count. I died half way through the 2nd sequence so I had to repeat both. I had to stop and switch hands for the button mashing because the pain grew too great.

I couldn't close my hand let alone play video games for over 2 weeks.

 

[Dags90]

I got a pretty nasty blister playing SSBB with a broken GameCube controller.

 

[Rarhnor]

My right thumb cracks everytime i wiggle it. Damn You, Guitar Hero!

 

[GundamSentinel]

I once tripped over my PS3 power cable and ended up stubbing my toe. Nothing spectacular...

 

[w-Jinksy]

swollen nuckles, bruises, pulled out hair, a sprained wrist and a twisted ankle. yup ninja gaiden 2 will do that to you.

 

[LemonMelon]

The only time I've ever had any physical pain with a game is Guitar Hero. The first day I got it I must've played for at least 12 hours straight.

I seriously couldn't move my hand out of a clutched position for a day.

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

I sprained my ankle on Rock Band via expert drums, was pretty minor. I just got a bit over zealous when I was doing heel-to-toe stops for very fast pedals in succession. Never had an issue with my wrist because of expert guitar though.

 

[Megacherv]

After playing Tf2 all day my arms hurt.

I also tried over and over again to complete Time Crisis 3 under half-an-hour to unlock the cheat mode, and considering that my TV was a bit high up, I was in unsurmountable amounts of pain.