Comments on: Video Games as Effective as Morphine

By: Just Another Meme Vector

Just Another Meme Vector — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:41:57 +0000

[...] already seen here how video games are an effective painkiller. But now the UK’s Prison Service seems to be using them to distract inmates from making shivs [...]

By: trippenbach

trippenbach — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:00:50 +0000

Dunno . . . I suppose that anything that gets your mind off the pain is good. But I guess there are few things as mentally involving as a 3D gaming title, and not many you could do while immobilized in a hospital bed . . . . . . and if you're so injured you can't even hold a controller, that won't be a problem for long. See this video from the Tomita and Ushida laboratory at Keio University in Japan. Imagine the impliacation for prostheses! Merry Christmas!

By: mike

mike — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:40:57 +0000

Ah now I know why I play games so much!

Would/does any fully immersive activity prove to be more effective in pain relief than meds? Or is this specific to gaming?

Happy Xmas Philip.

By: Mark Iddon

Mark Iddon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:03:04 +0000

Damn it I disagree. Just ask my kid brother who has scars on his face from when we used to play Streetfighter 2 on the Sega Megadrive. If he won too many matchs in a row, I’d hit him with the controller. I’ve also broken a glass table (playing Tony Hawks pro skater 2) and bitten my hand in anger playing EA’s SKATE most recently.

So. I’d argue that gaming causes pain, especially on younger siblings… my hand… and glass tables.