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Gaming Related Injury

I have realized over the course of time and a lot of gaming that all my years of playing videos has actually begun to affect me physically. No I am not becoming retarded or blind, but instead I think I am developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in my hands, specifically my left hand. This is probably due to the years of playing on a PC with my fingers precariously hovering over the WASD keys to circle and strafe in Quake and move around in Starcraft.

I noticed now that if I play with my PSP or DS for more than thirty minutes my hand begins to feel uncomfortable and if I play Guitar Hero or Rock Band for too long it is even worse. I would have never thought that gaming and using a PC would mess me up, but here I am. Carpal Tunnel stinks, it makes your hand numb and you feel pain that is just not fun. It probably does not help that I spend almost all day on a PC typing and doing things like writing articles.

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Mario Kart for Wii Features Text Chat

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Hello 1994, I mean current day Nintendo. In a move sure to piss off shell shooting racers everywhere, Mario Kart for the Wii will feature text-only chat. Ummm, what? According to IGN:

“You can create rooms for friends to join and even text chat while you’re waiting for other racers,” Nintendo of Europe revealed.

Right now, the hope is that Mario Kart will support a USB keyboard. Because if you have to type like you do with Opera on the Wii now, it’s going to be a cluster-f. Yeah, I went there. Even with keyboard support, how many gamers are going to pull one out just to chat, in a special room mind you, while they want to play Mario Kart? My guess is very little. I wouldn’t expect too much chatter there.