Playing video games without a break can kill you

Playing video games without a break can kill you msnbc.com His father believes a night spent gaming caused the deadly blood clot. By Winda Benedetti No matter how much you love playing video games, you know deep down in your gamer bones it isn't good for you to play for hours on end without taking a break. ...

Tips For Staying Healthy During Your Next Epic Gaming Marathon GeekSugar.com (blog) You already knew that OD'ing on video games could lead to Nintendo Thumb, but did you know that it could also have fatal results? Recently, a young British gamer died of complications from deep vein thrombosis, which stemmed from 12-hour long sessions ...

FWD News: Acquiring Life Skills through Video Games Game Forward The project aimed to prove the theory of Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Grand Turismo driving simulator video game series; namely, that you could turn a video gamer into a real life race driver. Spanish student Lucas Ordonez ...

And in other PC gaming news PC Gamer Magazine Reddit links us to HalfLife2.net finally explaining why Steam always installs DirectX with a new game. John Carmack tells IndustryGamers that video games reduce aggression and violence. It isn't just Steam that has big summer sales; GamersGate have ...

Doom Guru On Violent Games GotGame News Not every gamer will see a bunch of pixels as a calling to Helter Skelter their high school, and those that do clearly have a disconnect from reality. To imply that something as banal as video gamescould exacerbate natural aggressiveness is equally ...

Did Call Of Duty Really Influence Anders Breivik? Sabotage Times By Tom Law As discovered from his 1500 page manifesto, Anders Breivik was a video game fanatic, but can video games really be to blame for his actions? Games don't kill people – but gamers sometimes do. The latest example being Anders Breivik, ...

Leviathan's Van Luchene on why building the biggest library of social gaming ... Pocket Gamer.Biz I think it's safe to say that social is the element that made video games something for everyone. Social gaming is a paradigm shift in the video game industry. It's a little surprising to me that traditional game companies didn't recognise this ...

Blizzard Bombshells Diablo 3: Online Only, No Mods and Real Cash Auctions Gnews In an interview with PC Gamer, Blizzard senior producer Alex Mayberry says that the chief reason behind this decision was to stop cheating. With the buying and selling of items in the Auction House (covered later) for real-life money means that any way ...

Nintendo 3DS price drop and what it says about Nintendo Metrowny.com I love video games and I'll play them anyway I can. Early 3DS promotions displayed a few promising games that I knew I would be looking forward to. They also hinted at the potential for new games I could hope to see on the system. ...

Anders Breivik has become our obsession Washington Post (blog) Breivik has shown that our fears about violence and video games might not be unfounded. In his manifesto, Breivik claims to have used Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as a way to train himself for the massacre. He says he was a hardcore gamer and spent a ...

New Viewsonic 3D Monitor Features Built-In 3D Vision Technology GamerLive.TV NVIDIA's 3D Vision drivers support more than 550 video games in 3D, with more being continually added. In addition, 3DVisionLive.com hosts hundreds of 3D videos and thousands of 3D photos that can be seen with a free web browser and a 3D Vision system. ...

Gamer Dies From Playing Xbox Too Much | GameFront By Phil Owen Well, this is certainly a new twist in the media's effort to make parents fear video games. An AFP report links he death of a 20-year-old gamer by way of pulmonary embolism to his gaming addiction, saying the embolism occurred because ... GameFront

Marathon Xbox Halo sessions may have killed avid gamer | The ... By Periscope Sure, hours gaming can kill but the they're not the only reason people sit still. “No matter how much you love playing video games, you know deep down in your gamer bones it isn't good for you to play for hours on end without taking a ... The Periscope Post

Inside Gaming: Daily Video Gaming News Blog | Machinima.com ... By Brian P Rubin I can definitely see a solid comparison between the average gamer-con-goer and the average college-campus meathead. Personally, though, I definitely think that video games cause violence. Usually, though, it's more the result of facing ... Machinima.com Inside Gaming News

DVT linked to video gamer's death | Healthcare Concerns By DenManiko DVT linked to video gamer's death. August 1st, 2011 | Author: DenManiko. A man whose son died after playing video games for long periods is campaigning for greater awareness of the risk posed by their excessive use. ... Healthcare Concerns

Marathon Xbox Halo sessions May Have Killed Avid Gamer « Gamertag ... By godfree The family of an Xbox addict, who recently died during a marathon session playing video games, is pleading to other parents to protect their kids from excessive gaming. An autopsy revealed that Chris Staniforth, 20, suffered from deep ... Gamertag Radio

Carmack: Violent video games are "potentially positive", PC PC ... In his most recent interview on the topic with IndustryGamers, Carmack said not only has he never taken the issue seriously, he believes violent video games can actually create peaceful gamers. “I really think, if anything, ... GamesRadar - All Platforms Latest...

Doom creator: video games “cathartic” and reduces violence - GAMER ... By Mike Ferro Doom creator: video games “cathartic” and reduces violence. GAMER.BLORGE

Infographic: Mobile Gaming Statistics 2011 | Social Media ... By Social Media Marketing News The cellular gaming sector is predicted to get to $ 54 Billion by 2015; 84% of tablet entrepreneurs perform video games; 70 – 80% of all cellular downloads are games; Android is in the near future to overtake Apple in number of total ... Social Media Marketing News