Do you get headaches from playing?
05-10-06, 09:54 PM
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Do you get headaches from playing?
I have been playing "Resident Evil 4" a lot lately. i'm not sure if it is the way i am laying my head on the pillow, but i can get wicked headaches if i play too long (and by long i mean an hour or so). it seems to amp up during playing and then last indefinitely. i enjoy playing and don't want to stop, but they can get bad. i fear it may be just this game, but i doubt that, just haven't wanted to play something else yet.
anyone else have this problem?
anyone else have this problem?
05-11-06, 12:46 AM
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there have been a few threads discussing people getting sick while playing video games:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=245437
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=448729
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=461046
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=245437
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=448729
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=461046
05-11-06, 09:48 AM
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The first time I ever got sick from videogames was 2 weeks ago playing a monster round of Call of Duty. I didn't notice how long I had been playing (6 hours or so) and when I got up I could hardly see, had to take a power nap. Headache stuck with me for a couple days.
05-11-06, 10:25 AM
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I noticed that if we get a headache from playing video game was from tense or stress. If I play Madden '06, I don't get headache... if I play CoD online, I get headache after playing 2 hours.
05-13-06, 09:35 PM
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sounds like your problem is different from the other headache threads, which people claim motion sickness. 1 hour is not very long to play either.
My suggestion is you sit a bit further from your TV, or try playing in a well lit area (i know it is resident evil 4 but try it anyway). See how it goes. And don't forget to breath while your playing.
My suggestion is you sit a bit further from your TV, or try playing in a well lit area (i know it is resident evil 4 but try it anyway). See how it goes. And don't forget to breath while your playing.
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I've been playing all kinds of games for years and years, and never got any headaches from them. Recently, a slew of games (Oblivion, Republic Commando, Tomb Raider Legends, and X-Men Legends 2) on the PC started giving me a horrible headache if I played it for more than forty minutes or so.
I had no idea why this was the case, but ended up fiddling with the settings on my ATI graphics card. I tried using a couple of their blur filters (motion blur, especially) as well as changed the refresh rates. Eventually it got to the point where I wouldn't get sick from Tomb Raider or X-Men, though I don't know if it was because I got used to it or due to the my new settings.
I lost interest in Oblivion and Republic Commando before I could cure my sickness from them
I had no idea why this was the case, but ended up fiddling with the settings on my ATI graphics card. I tried using a couple of their blur filters (motion blur, especially) as well as changed the refresh rates. Eventually it got to the point where I wouldn't get sick from Tomb Raider or X-Men, though I don't know if it was because I got used to it or due to the my new settings.
I lost interest in Oblivion and Republic Commando before I could cure my sickness from them
