Gaming is a pain in the thumb, according to a German scientist and a 13 year old South African girl. In a new survey on playing video games, a new condition known as Playstation Thumb has been announced. The results of the survey suggest that in a few years time, the condition will be listed in medical textbooks. Not exactly the PR Sony would have liked while promoting their PS3.
The subjects were asked to play for two hours a day while Dr Mathiak scanned their brains using magnetic resonance imaging. They were tasked with completing typical first-person shooter objectives - entering an enemy base, rescuing the innocent and killing all the guilty. Read the full article