Poll: Video Game Induced Motion Sickness

[JezebelinHell]

I have it happen on certain games, usually FPS games and it also varies between the platform that the game is on as well. This is why it pisses me off when they decide to skip making a demo. I will not waste money on a game I could end up not being able to play. Besides if most of them put out a true demo we could see what crap they are trying to stick us with before we shell out the funds and they would never get their hands on the money.

 

[Thaliur]

It happens to me, too, but very rarely. In fact, I found in most cases it helps to just turn off motion blur. I don't know why, maybe then the balance organs have an easier time convincing my visual cortex that it's registering just a series of images, not actual motion.

 

[Wintermoot]

Never have any problem with it. Even with stuff like bloom and motion blur.

 

[Tulks]

The only instances of game-induced nausea I can recall are from playing the old Wolfy 3D and from the dialogue in oh-so-many cutscenes.

 

[Doug]

I do occasionally get Simulation Sickness (i.e. the form of motion sickness described in the OP), but its not common for me. The one I remember most giving me it was Portal. It see's that my current monitor is big enough to confuse my visual cortex into thinking I'm seeing myself moving whilst my ears disagree.

As TVs get bigger, and games like Portal get jump-ier, I think we'll see more cases of this.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I had this problem most of the times in FPS's with a ton of bloom (Mirror's edge comes to mind)where I almost get nauseous and can't play anymore,because I am getting dizzy.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I don't, not at all. Even Mirror's Edge without the crosshair was no problem.

But now it has happened in a very mild form, in a place I didn't expect it one bit. Last week I finally got around exploring the Worgen starter areas in WoW. When I finally became a Worgen, his running animation made me feel a bit nauseous. Luckily I got both forms now, so I can switch back to the plane ol' dude form when I'm feeling queezy.

 

[Erana]

My sister can't play Source games for this reason.
It makes me sad inside.

 

[Yoarastrophe]

I get motion sickness too, in very nearly all shooter games. For me, no configuration of proper lighting or Ginger Pills has helped. I first noticed it when playing Halo for the first time (so I wasn't always like this). I think it has a lot to do with the in-game surroundings; the level design in Halo 1 repeated itself a lot, and I had a hard time figuring which way to go. Anyway, games like Portal are out of the question for me. Team Fortress 2 gives me no trouble after I get familiar with a new map, but if I'm playing a shooter where I don't already know where I'm going and can't check the level map every 5 seconds... Well, let's just say I better have a bucket nearby.

I've found my body can build up a sort of tolerance for it; if I play often, it takes longer and longer each time for the nausea to hit me, so in the end I'll no longer start feeling ill at all. If I switch games or have a week's break from a game, though, I'll have to start from scratch.

 

[Wayneguard]

Happens to me after fallout 3. I had mild vertigo for about a month after a 2 week playthrough of fallout 3. I will never play it again (so sad too because that game rocks). I don't know what is different about fallout vs tf2 or mirrors edge or other games though...

 

[Rooster893]

THIS DAMN GAME!

Gets me every time.

 

[Byr0m]

Watching my step-brother yesterday on Halo: CE for the computer nearly made me throw up, the only ever time a video game has. He was lurching the camera left and right ridiculously because the mouse was 'too sensitive' even though it was on the med setting :S

 

[sorpaqq]

I always used to get motion sickness from things like moving cars and carnival rides but I never got it from video games, maybe that's why I loved playing them.

 

[Fappy]

I get motion sickness in the car sometimes but not from video games (or roller coasters strangely enough).

EDIT: GOD DAMMIT! Since when did this site have so many necromancers?