Sony Releases New Skin Disorder for PlayStation

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Edited By vinny
Sony!!! Stay the hell off my turf!
Sony!!! Stay the hell off my turf!
Hot on the heels of Wiitis and Nintendo Thumb, a new ailment has been associated with video games. This new skin disorder, affectionately called PlayStation palmar hidradentis, was documented in a young girl who had been regularly playing her PlayStation. Apparently she broke out in painful sores on her hands after playing for "several hours a day."
The doctors suspect that the problem was caused by tight and continuous grasping of the console's hand-grips, and repeated pushing of the buttons, alongside sweating caused by the tension of the game.
The sores did go away after she stopped playing for about 10 days. Sony really didn't have much to say when they were asked about the issue, partly because they are Sony and partly because...well, really, what the hell are you going to say? Every young male knows that if you death-grip anything for several hours a day you're going to experience some kind of detrimental physical effect.

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#1  Edited By vinny
Sony!!! Stay the hell off my turf!
Sony!!! Stay the hell off my turf!
Hot on the heels of Wiitis and Nintendo Thumb, a new ailment has been associated with video games. This new skin disorder, affectionately called PlayStation palmar hidradentis, was documented in a young girl who had been regularly playing her PlayStation. Apparently she broke out in painful sores on her hands after playing for "several hours a day."
The doctors suspect that the problem was caused by tight and continuous grasping of the console's hand-grips, and repeated pushing of the buttons, alongside sweating caused by the tension of the game.
The sores did go away after she stopped playing for about 10 days. Sony really didn't have much to say when they were asked about the issue, partly because they are Sony and partly because...well, really, what the hell are you going to say? Every young male knows that if you death-grip anything for several hours a day you're going to experience some kind of detrimental physical effect.

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#2  Edited By RawShark

Yeah, read this. Eh, I've never got anything beyond a bout of dizzyness.

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#3  Edited By TheMustacheHero

Yeah my hands get sweaty after like 20 minutes with the PS3 controller, I could play my 360 for like days without any sweat. DANG YOU SONY!

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#4  Edited By Jayzilla

no one should grip anything that hard. i know from experience.

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#5  Edited By Waffles13

"Every young male knows that if you death-grip anything for several hours a day you're going to experience some kind of detrimental physical effect."

Lawl.

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#6  Edited By DavidSnakes

What the fuck?

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#7  Edited By FuzzYLemoN

I don't know what kind of penises you've been grabbing for hours on end, but I don't think they resemble PS3 controllers in any way.
Also, "Stay the hell of my turf" indeed. +1 for internet grammar.

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#8  Edited By SoothsayerGB

LMAO!

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#9  Edited By stargamerx

Picture made me laugh :P
I haven't expirienced anything like this, I always have a loose grip on the controller.

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are they serious? i learned about the adverse effects of the death grip in eighth grade :P

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#11  Edited By brukaoru

Why in the world would someone grip the controller so tightly? Loosen up!

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#13  Edited By Volkain

this is so stupid! What is next? Sony is behind global warming?!

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#14  Edited By Kiemoe

Oh my God Vinny. You are now my favorite Giant Bomber. That was freaking hilarious. Also I don't know about you guys but I really don't grip my playstation 3 controller hard. It just doesn't have that shape you can just grab.

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#15  Edited By LiveOrDie1212

wow, i never experience this before. your mileage may vary i guess...

btw, what game could she possibly play that was so intense that she has to grip the ps3 controller that fucking hard. or was she using something else *cough, vibrator* *cough* while playing video games.

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PlayStation palmar hidradentis, best name ever.

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#17  Edited By vinny
FuzzYLemoN said:
Also, "Stay the hell of my turf" indeed. +1 for internet grammar.
Thanks Fuzzy. Our Social Link has increased. Thou Art I and I Am Thou.
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#18  Edited By alConn

I got a crazy big blister at the base of my thumb from playing Mario Party on the N64 some years back...for some reason I didn't GO TO A DOCTOR.

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#19  Edited By AlucardaLaCarte

I don't see why this is news, Sony's been pulling this shit for at least a decade. I got a blister on my thumb from the torture sequence in MGS1.

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#20  Edited By xionpunk

Uh Oh, my left thumb is sore after playing so much SF4. Maybe I can sue?

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#21  Edited By Axion

How about, "Sony releases console that diagnoses clinical retardation."

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#22  Edited By JoelTGM

I wear gaming gloves.

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#23  Edited By Wrect

I once got a blister from wearing shoes.

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When I play my DS Lite, my hands turn mangled and arthritic very quickly. That's all that happens to me really. My palms are always dry.

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#25  Edited By lamegame621

"Hold on loosely!!! But don't let goooOOOoooo!!!

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#26  Edited By hatking

The sickest I've ever got from video games was from playing the Marathon Durandal trial...might have bought the game if it didn't make me feel like puking.

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Key words being "several hours a day." Little brat probably played for hours on end.

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#28  Edited By darkjester74
Vinny
on Feb. 25, 2009
FuzzYLemoN said:
Also, "Stay the hell of my turf" indeed. +1 for internet grammar.
Thanks Fuzzy. Our Social Link has increased. Thou Art I and I Am Thou.


ROFL .... VInny FTW!!!  =D
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#29  Edited By FlipperDesert

What the hell? She didn't get Mysensitiveskinistooweaktoholdplaystationcontrollersboohoo-itis, she gripped the controller too hard and got blisters as a result. What next, there's some dead skin on my Guitar Hero controller so I must have some rare skin-shedding condition?

Still, at least she didn't try to sue, that would be the icing on the proverbial cake. Also, that fret thing is gross. I've cleaned the damn thing like ten times already today.

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#30  Edited By MeatSim

Next they will tell us someone played to much of there Xbox 360 and got cancer from it.

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#31  Edited By zityz

Oh so that's what was causing all my problems. All this time  I thought it was just this Leprocy  issue.

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#32  Edited By Systech

This is ridiculous enough to write a letter to Abraham Lincoln.

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#33  Edited By wefwefasdf

Tight and continuous grasping? 0_0

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#34  Edited By Crono

Tension?  Tight and continuous grasping?  Sounds like she was stretching the ol' Noby Noby Boy.

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#35  Edited By citizenkane

It's not a video game website until someone makes a joke about repeatedly grasping something very hard for a long time.

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#36  Edited By Canberra

So this is causing my stigmata.

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#37  Edited By Andragon

"This is so stupid! What is next? Sony is behind global warming?!"


Well actually...Sony does have the most power-consuming console by far, and it uses the most plastic and resources due to it's sheer bulk X3  So...yes? XD

On topic now though, i've always said Sony's controllers are uncomfortable and not very ergonomic.  360 controllers best designed for hands out of the three current gen consoles by far, nice smooth grips that follow the contours of your palm, so the pressure falls over the greatest area possible :)
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#38  Edited By Snail

Funny, a friend of mine can't play games because he spent way too much time playing in his PSP and now he can't use his left hand.

THE DISEASE IS SPREADING!!!


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#39  Edited By LaszloKovacs

I spat out a mouthful of water at around "Every young male knows..."

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#40  Edited By tebbit
death-grip... yeah baby.
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#41  Edited By Hamst3r

Pssh. Sony Sorestation.



PC Gaming will kill you!

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#42  Edited By BiggerBomb

Now that's a loaded statement...damn.

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#43  Edited By MetalGearSunny
Vinny said:
"FuzzYLemoN said:
Also, "Stay the hell of my turf" indeed. +1 for internet grammar.
Thanks Fuzzy. Our Social Link has increased. Thou Art I and I Am Thou.
"
LMAO.
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#44  Edited By Philosoma

Haha! I could just imagine this girl's fat, greasy hands getting all jacked up on those buttons. This is great news...

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#45  Edited By DorianBlack

So doing something too much and too hard can cause sores you say? Who knew.

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#46  Edited By Wright

gotta love the masturbation reference!

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#47  Edited By doonee63

The second I open a new window, on the front page of Yahoo, this is what i find.

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#48  Edited By Media_Master

crazy

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#49  Edited By squirtle_squad

umm I used to get this crap when playing CvS2 on my ps2.
never bothered to get a arcade stick for some reason...
though i wouldnt it a skin disorder
just regular ass blisters

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#50  Edited By Aaron_G

I wonder when we will get one for the Xbox 360.