Can playing games to long make you ill?

I've been playing the new final fantasy this week and since it was realised in the UK last tuesday i've already clocked up 25 hours worth of game play. I've played that much that i dream of final fantasy and i have the worst head ach... even walking round the house feels odd lol...

I've now come of it for a day of two just to get my mind back but it makes me wonder what would happen if you spent 100 hours on a game within a short space of time or even longer.

what do you think would happen? and have there ever been any games where you've spent mega hours on them in a short space of time?

I get headaches if i play for more than 5 hours

you'll get a back-of-your-head-something-wrong thingy.

I usually can't sit still for more than a couple hours, so I don't really have that problem. But you should definitely take breaks during long play sessions. Get up, walk around, get some fresh air and a sandwich or something. Staring at a screen for too long can give you a huge headache. Canvas_Of_Flesh

you would probably end up with DVT or some **** if u dont move around often, if your so into the game that you dont eat or sleep then you can infact die, somebody already died playing world of warcraft without sleep or food

build up your tolerance

just take breaks, like eating breaks and stuff, you dont need to eat at the screen :)

you'll get a back-of-your-head-something-wrong thingy.

punkpunker

Please expand on this.

Playing games too much can make you fat, pasty, and have nothing to talk about when you go out in public.

If you use game to cut off yourself from everyone else and become a fat, couch-potato 5 hours a day video game player... Well, you won't die of it, but nobody will like you.

You'll eventually end up dead.NaturalDisplay

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you'll get a back-of-your-head-something-wrong thingy.

rgsniper1

Please expand on this.

Your eyes and occipital lobe in your brain can start to hurt, but unless your neglecting any other bodily functions you can't get too sick, just lazy.

Occipital lobe highlighted in green, controls and interprets ocular (eye) functions.

I gamed this last weekend at a LAN party for about 15-20 hours straight. It was awesome and fun, but definitely tiring. No sickness though, except a hangover from the previous night... Ouch...

TC, thats happened to me before, when Cod4 came out i played it for 8 hours straight, i got loads of dreams about it...... basically telling me don't spend to long on games lol XD

I remember I once played Fallout 3 for almost an entire day strait, I mean like very little bathroom breaks, I skiped lunch, and I never left the room for about 20 hours. When I took a break I looked away from the TV and had a hard time telling reality from Fallout 3.

Playing games too much can make you fat, pasty, and have nothing to talk about when you go out in public.

Palantas

I know what you mean.

TC, thats happened to me before, when Cod4 came out i played it for 8 hours straight, i got loads of dreams about it...... basically telling me don't spend to long on games lol XD

Suicide-Panda

What kinds of dreams, what did you have dreams of being exicuted, losing your best friend Captain Price, did you have dreams of dieing via nuclear radiation?

You can't get sick just from playing video games for a long time. However, if you don't ever break to eat, drink, pee, sleep, etc then you can make yourself sick because of that. You might also lose some muscle strength in your legs from not using them for a long time, but that can be remedied with a short walk. Other than that, you can get a headache from playing games for ANY amount of time. It just varies from person to person.

I've had the same thing happen to me when I play too long. All that radiation ain't good for you. Take a day off, you'll feel a whole lot better.

Whoever said you should get up and pace around a little while, shaking and pulling out your hair over the Devil's Highway perk -yes, do that.

Or go out in the sun every now and then.

The last time that happened to me was on the N64 but I was playing while I had a headache.. So I ended up getting ill and all that good stuff.

Maybe you have epilepsy or something, the game is really bright and colourful.

Walk around, look outside the window. You're supposed to take regular breaks.

Yeah its a weird feeling going outside when its a sunnyday, birds are chirping, trees everywhere,fresh oxygen and you've been playing video games for 4 hours straight. The longer i play the weirder i feel and the crappier i tend to play so like anything in the world moderation is key.

Of all the worries about playing games too much, I dont think 'illness' should be high on the list of concerns.

sounds like you need to pick up an outside activity cause thats just extremely unhealthy

I get very restless and bored after about three hours of anything...most of the time. If I force myself to continue playing even after the "bored" point, I may have terrible dreams about the game. I had lots of beef against Warcraft 3, but I had spent a good 40 bucks on the battle chest so I tried to like it. I tried a lot of the major mods and custom games and I played a lot of the campaign in one day, and I ended up having a nightmare about WC3. *Shudder*

I get very restless and bored after about three hours of anything...most of the time. If I force myself to continue playing even after the "bored" point, I may have terrible dreams about the game. I had lots of beef against Warcraft 3, but I had spent a good 40 bucks on the battle chest so I tried to like it. I tried a lot of the major mods and custom games and I played a lot of the campaign in one day, and I ended up having a nightmare about WC3. *Shudder*

r4v3gl0ry

What was the nightmare?

I've been playing the new final fantasy this week and since it was realised in the UK last tuesday i've already clocked up 25 hours worth of game play. I've played that much that i dream of final fantasy and i have the worst head ach... even walking round the house feels odd lol...

I've now come of it for a day of two just to get my mind back but it makes me wonder what would happen if you spent 100 hours on a game within a short space of time or even longer.

what do you think would happen? and have there ever been any games where you've spent mega hours on them in a short space of time?

You'll eventually end up dead.NaturalDisplay

It will give you zits and make your voice lower

Because video games are so mentally stimulating you'll find that after playing for a very long time the effects will stick around for a bit. After playing for several hours of the same game right before going to sleep you might find that all of your dreams reflect the game. You also might find that you start to think about the game so much that you might start trying to tackle real world solutions with in game solutions.

I also think that this is why people used to think that video games would make children shoot up their schools. Too bad most people have enough common sense not to.

Because video games are so mentally stimulating you'll find that after playing for a very long time the effects will stick around for a bit. After playing for several hours of the same game right before going to sleep you might find that all of your dreams reflect the game. You also might find that you start to think about the game so much that you might start trying to tackle real world solutions with in game solutions.

I also think that this is why people used to think that video games would make children shoot up their schools. Too bad most people have enough common sense not to.

DamianAlexander

Plus, given how much they stimulate your mind I bet video games might be able to help us in real world situations, such as problom solving, play Myst, after you play Myst I'm sure you could solve some serious suduko or cross word puzzles.

Because video games are so mentally stimulating you'll find that after playing for a very long time the effects will stick around for a bit. After playing for several hours of the same game right before going to sleep you might find that all of your dreams reflect the game. You also might find that you start to think about the game so much that you might start trying to tackle real world solutions with in game solutions.

I also think that this is why people used to think that video games would make children shoot up their schools. Too bad most people have enough common sense not to.

DamianAlexander

Oh, and I read your Pink Floyd blog, I liked it, it's good to see that I'm not the only Pink Floyd fan in the world.

PS3 says you should take breaks.