Hypothetical computer-eye sight problem question (totally hypethetical)

[-Davo]

Guys.

Can, theoretically speaking, playing a computer game, for example, ... World of Warcraft, for say, for example, hypothetically speaking, 9 hours a day for a year straight... be bad for your eyes?

Like, just hypothetically speaking, the person who plays said game for said period of time start to lose their ability to read text at a distance? Say 10m?

[Toksin]

Probably. Apparently sitting at a computer screen for hours forces your eyes to get used to seeing things at close range.

So you should take a break every couple of hours and look at things far away.

Dude seriously, that game is electronic crack. Delete it and come back to the real world.

[fredjacksonsan]

Yup. You should look away from the monitor and across the room or outside, as far as you can, every 20 minutes or so.

Junkie.

(Hypothetically, of course.)

[G-man422]

Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan

(Hypothetically, of course.)

of course! lol. This person we speak of doesnt happen to be you now, does it?

[vinnym86]

Davo, you need to attend WoWAnonymous... like toksin and i've said before, blizzard games are crack! do urself a favor and uninstall that game. then do yourself another favor and eat the cd's. yes, eat them. with milk.

[G-man422]

I'm hungry.......

[Rally Sport]

Davo.. I think you should check out the better game than WoW.. and play Eve Online.. trial is for 14 days and from what i've heard its a crap load better than WoW

[fredjacksonsan]

Now, the poor guy's already got vision problems from WoW, and you're putting him onto another crack computer game? Have a heart, man, he'll be blind by 30.

[Moppie]

WoW is just a gateway game, it always leads to much more serious addictions to real hardcore stuff.


However, it might be time to see an optomertrist, your of an age where your eyes might have just started to turn bad anyway.

[drunken monkey]

WoW is the marijuana of the gaming world?

[Jimster]

Wow, you know maybe it's a good thing that I can only think of WoW as a load of crap and not worth the time and effort.



That said, I still have to live with the shame that I got addicted to True Crime: New York

[Moppie]

Originally Posted by Jimster

That said, I still have to live with the shame that I got addicted to True Crime: New York

Thats like being addicted to Mentos and thinking your a drug addict.

[Damien]

haha...

i used to play starcraft for hours on end, much like WOW back in the day. im kinda addicte to Diablo again, but my PS2 broke so...i feel lost.

[Moppie]

Originally Posted by Damien

. im kinda addicte to Diablo again.

You know you can get the PC version of DII for about $15 now don't you?
I think the orignal is now a free download.
Should still run on a new spec PC.

[Damien]

i got it froma friend for free...but yeah. i know.