Still playing some of the same games No longer “playing” Farmville
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2008/PIP_Adult_gaming_memo.pdf In the United States: 25% under 18, 49% 18-49, 26% 50+ according to ESA Essential Facts 2008. Virtual world: 11% of teens, 6% of adults MMO: 21% of teens, 9% of adults * No 2010 update YET
China imposes online gaming curbs (BBC News 2005) Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Xbox Sparked Fire That Killed Baby (Information Week 2007) Detox For Video Game Addiction? Experts Say Gaming Can Be A Compulsion As Strong As Gambling (CBS News 2006) Wii Fit Death (The Sun 2009) New Video Game Tied To Rash of Head Explosions (The Onion 2008) Guitar hero? Pitcher hurt playing video games (MSNBC 2006)
Infrequently updated, but more on the way with MS and Sony controllers out soon?
McCowan, T. C. Space Invaders Wrist. N Engl J Med. 1981 May 28;304(22):1368. (letter to the editor, too old to find online) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/331/7509/122 (Mark Griffiths article online) http://www.working-well.org/articles/games.html (some more online resources) http://openurl.ingenta.com/content/nlm?genre=article&issn=1476-0320&volume=17&issue=1&spage=55&aulast=Sparks
Update PubMed numbers for 2010
PubMed doesn’t like the term “videogame” (without the space). I updated this 3/17/2010
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/familysettings/healthygamingguide.htm http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/index.jsp http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/Manuals/PS3 Mindwire v5 – the controller that shocks you; not what that “shock” warning is about
PubMed says 8 hits, but those are mostly burn recovery, or burn-related training Toshiba (?) had a battery overheating problem, had to issue a recall
Rajani R, Kumar A, et al. Cardiac pacemakers and Wii BMJ 2008;337:a3103 [BMJ letter] http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=543
Thaker JP, Patel MB, et al. Electromagnetic interference with pacemakers caused by portable media players. Heart Rhythm. 2008 Apr;5(4):538-44. Bassen, H. Low frequency magnetic emissions and resulting induced voltages in a pacemaker by iPod portable music players. Biomed Eng Online. 2008 Feb 1;7:7. Chiu CC, Huh J, et al. A prospective pediatric clinical trial of digital music players: do they interfere with pacemakers? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009 Jan;20(1):44-9. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/health/08real.html Nagatomo T, Abe H, et al. Electromagnetic interference with a bipolar pacemaker by an induction heating (IH) rice cooker. Int Heart J. 2009 Jan;50(1):133-7. Wii uses bluetooth
PubMed say 6 hits for “guitar hand injury” but includes stuff like “Modification of a hand splint to permit playing of the guitar.” PubMed says 13 hits for “guitar injury” and 126 for “guitar” Google says 87,600 hits for “guitar hand injury” “ Endless Set List” is a Rock Band thing “ Iron Bladder” is RB2, which is endless set list w/o pausing
Acute Wiiitis. N Engl J Med 356;23 Jayanthi N., Sallay P., et al. Skill-level related injuries in recreational competition tennis players. Med Sci Tennis 2005. 10:12–15. Struijs, PA, Kerkhoffs, GM, Assendelft, WJ, Van Dijk, CN. Conservative treatment of lateral epicondylitis: brace versus physical therapy or a combination of both-a randomized clinical trial. Am J Sports Med 2004; 32:462. Wii sales numbers from NPD? Seems to be most commonly cited “Wii” injury Bhangu A, Lwin M, et al. Wimbledon or bust: Nintendo Wii related rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2009 Jun;34(3):399-400.
(3RD Space Gaming Vest) http://tngames.com/ “ Waggle” is a technical term.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/newsletters/pain020810.aspx http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/5/473 (letter to the editor)
Ip J, Robaei D, et al. Prevalence of Eye Disorders in Young Children With Eyestrain Complaints. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2006;142(3):495-497. (not gaming article) Misawa T, Shigeta S, et al. [Effects of video games on visual function in children] Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi. 1991 Feb;45(6):1029-34. (article in Japanese)
2% of all epilepsy cases in Great Britain (1995), up to 5.7% if only looking at 7-19 year olds. J. A. Quirk, D. R. Fish, et al. Incidence of photosensitive epilepsy: a prospective national study. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 1995;95(4):260-267
http://www.loonygames.com/content/1.2/feat/index6.php has some old links (mostly dead) http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-96-3/ http://www.hqda.army.mil/ari/pdf/RR%201832.pdf
Look up on PubMed if movies causes stress
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/hearingloss.cfm
2007 APA debate “ The fact that some people play video games excessively is not in dispute, but defining the point at which the behaviour becomes problematic is far from clear.” – (Wood 2002) “ The evidence so far suggests that genuinely excessive players are likely to have other underlying problems, and/or have inadequate time management skills. Excessive video game playing is therefore likely to be a symptom and not the cause of their problem.” – (Wood 2002) Wood, R. Problems with the Concept of Video Game "Addiction": Some Case Study Examples. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2008) 6:169–178. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no-index/about-ama/17694.shtml
S Korea child 'starves as parents raise virtual baby' (March 5, 2010) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8551122.stm
http://www.olganon.org Fife, C., Smith, L., et al. Dying to Play Video Games: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Electrical Generators Used After Hurricane Ike. Pediatrics 2009;123;e1035-e1038.