Poll: Video Game Induced Motion Sickness

[UnderCoverGuest]

Had motion sickness for about six hours, and hell, I used to parajump.

Anywho, I had just gotten a REAL gaming computer (thanks to iBuyPower), and installed Gears of War, the first game in my lineup of NEXT-GEN MODERN VIDEO GAMES that I wanted to give a go. The instant I was finished going 'oooo', and 'aaaah' at the graphics and the game actually started, I instantly moved the mouse to look around, and found myself staring at my own ceiling. How I got there I don't know, but it took round about six hours of game-play off and on before I could comfortably stare at the screen for half an hour.

Now I set motion blur to max in every game I can, hurr.

 

[Dana22]

Dead Space, because of really low consolish FOV. Bad times...

 

[Gudrests]

Because I fail at life, yes, I do get motion sickness from certain videogames (and pretty much everything else you can possibly get motion sickness from).

It mainly happens while playing games with a first person perspective, but in a few really sad cases it's happened in other games as well, but only under certain conditions; the Ecliptic Express in Resident Evil Zero makes me sick to my stomach and I could never use the flying carpet mounts in WoW for the same reason.

The single worst case has to be Portal, though. That game made me so sick I had to go lie down to keep myself from throwing up over my keyboard.

I also had a friend that couldn't watch me play Oblivion because it made her sick, while I didn't react to it at all.

same with portal. Any turning thats too fast and now-a-days i just get sick as can be. It really sucks considering how I used to be good at FPS's then...well this happened

 

[Quaidis]

I get gaming sickness all the time. Almost all games in First-Person, and certain games in third person (like if you're right up to the back of the character, or the screen bounces while you run, or the bg moves constantly.) I've almost got what makes me sick in games down to a freaking science. First time I felt motion sickness while gaming was with Duke Nukem.

To fight it, I've found a few steps that can help:

1. Always play in a well-lit room. If you're playing at night, have some lights on.

2. Take breaks after every 30 minutes. Lets the eyes rest.

3. Don't sit insanely close to the screen. Obvious reasons.

4. Take Ginger Pills (or Dramamine) before playing games that you know will make you dizzy. Ginger pills are easier to come by and don't make you drowsy.

5. If you do feel sick, don't push it. Pause the game and take an insta-break. During this time, step outside for air or drink a glass of water. Chew gum. Pet a cat. Something to get your mind in the right order.



I still can't play certain games (most FPS's), usually do to the game's mechanics - such as a shoddy camera scheme. And I also found that Wii games don't make me nearly as sick as other systems. Something about sitting forward with a wiimote opposed to a standard controller. Even gamecube games on the Wii can make me sick, but I can somehow complete the Metroid Prime series and Zelda Twilight with a wiimote with little to no problem.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I've only had it once.

When I was playing Portal.
I was on a flinging area, and I kept accidentaly swinging my mouse around due to my speaker being ontop of my wire (And out of reach) and back when it happened I was really effected by motion sicknes. It never happened again, and I was only left with a head-ache for about 5 minutes.

 

[TilMorrow]

Never affected me, although my friend fells ill when he plays Halo.

Just Halo. Don't know why that's the only that FPS that affects him.

Is it all the fucking bloom?

My dad and sister won't even attempt to play Halo CO-OP. Their excuse is the screens are too small and the game jumps around too much. I don't see what thei- BBBLLLLAAAAAARRRGGGG [sub]What was I saying?[/sub]

 

[Mrglass08]

Never affected me personally but I do not get motion sickness. My girlfriend however cannot even watch me play Ace Combat without feeling sick.

 

[Nazz3]

Got it a bit when falling through endless portals in Portal.

 

[Shadu]

I have only experienced this once, and I do not get motion sick. Ever.

It was a recent thing. I was at a friend's house and he was playing Fallout 3: New Vegas on his computer, but it was patched into his High Def large screen TV. It wasn't one of those sudden things. It crept up on me. But by the time I left, I was nauseous and had a huge headache.

After ten or fifteen minutes of sitting still and not watching anything, I was fine.

This is the only instance. Though I sort of worry that it doesn't bode well for me. I only watched him play for maybe forty-five minutes. If I get a HD TV like his, it worries me I might have a relapse on games I love. But then I remember that most of the time, I play third person.

 

[newwiseman]

I feel a little heavy around 12 Gs, I pass out at 16.

Compared to the real thing pure visual stimuli is nothing.

 

[Tipsythegza]

Played planetside recently, colossus definitely attempted to give me motion sickness.

 

[Eumersian]

When I tried to get my dad to play first person shooters, he said that he always had to stop after about half and hour because he felt a little sick. Strangely enough, I have nothing like this. Neither does my brother.

Old people. I'm tellin' ya.

 

[yossarian787]

I've never really had trouble with this, but my roommate was always really disturbed by Mirror's Edge, to the point where he had to leave the room while I was playing it; not only watching me, but the sound of falling, made him feel sick.

 

[esperandote]

Yes it happens to me, the game that has made me more sick as an Alien game on the Playstation.

 

[mjp1701]

its never happend to me but i know a few pepole who cant play fps for more than 20 minutes or so with out fealing ill

 

[bonnero]

I found I had it with Prey, also guitar hero, other than that though not really

 

[Malkavian]

It happens to me occasionally, but only in old FPS's. Doom and it's associated games.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Yeah, I've had that happen to me. First time it happened was when I played Doom way back in the day. Got it really bad when I tried playing Descent. Never got it bad enough where I actually threw up though.

 

[Bitter]

Mirror's Edge was the first to really make me sick.
Since then Half-Life 2 does too. It didn't before.
I blame Mirror's Edge for making it worse.

I have it with some other first person games as well, but it seems pretty random and it varies in severity.

 

[Lance Arrow]

I used to be very susceptible to motion sickness, but then I started taking public transit to school/work every day and I think my body may have adapted to it or something because it hardly bothers me now.

But no, I've never been bothered by motion sickness when I was playing videogames.