"Strong, repetitive forces" could mean almost anything done on a regular basis, from typing to gaming to coloring to eating. These "deformities" could be caused by reading books, if all a child did was read. This report is inaccurate, since it is impossible to tell which specific activity caused the deformities in this young girls hands (She could have liked art, and drawn a lot when she wasn't being playing video games [Willingly?]).

This parent should have known better than to let his child play video games when her fingers were still growing and developing. Also, don't you think that maybe it's just this one kid? I've never known anyone who plays video games that has "deformed" fingers.

Yeah right.



I never saw those wierd deformed and ugly fingers. I played video games for a really really long time now and they are perfect. Long enough to play guitar and piano, and long enough to be a real hardcore gamer, lol.



If a kid would have weird ears, does it HAS to be because he hears sound from a videogame? Those comments are useless.

Video Games made my reflexes, senses, & eye sight much sharper actually...

Anyone to prove this wrong, with reputable evidence that can not be denied. It can't be personal or word of mouth.



I know that gaming for long periods of time at a young age can have adverse affects on the bone structure and integrity of the hand and fingers, same as in typing, piano playing, and anything else that is finger intensive.



At this point in my life, having been gaming since I was five, I have massive callouses on my thumbs that hurt every now and then, they even bleed under the skin. I can't blame it on anything else but those damn console controllers, but I have no proof of it.



Anyways, I don't see why anyone is being offended by the article, it's not if someone is telling you that you can't play your "precious" games. It's just saying, "Hey, look out. You might get deformed fingers if you play for seriously extended periods of time at a young age."



Ge the sand out of your vagina's.

My finger look similar to those O_O

Have to agree with this. My fingers are a LITTLE bent. not like anyone else i know, and thats because I am the only one of my friends thats a gamer. So, I think this has SOME truth to it.

Interesting. Both of my siblings and I have been gamers since we were old enough to hold a controller, and none of us have finger deformities...save for a very slight inward curve on my left index finger. I call shenanigans.

i have been gaming for 10 years. my fingers are fine and look normal. how can a 2 year old play games anyway?

There are centipedes in vagina's! GOD! lol



anyway.



If your too dumb to know to stop doing something when it hurts (most basic animal instinct), then you deserve to enjoy your f*ed up hands.

My fingers actually do face outward, though not nearly as bad as the kid in that picture.



Still, I can't help but assume it's a total coincidence, since many other gamers have perfectly-shaped fingers.



But still, leave the poor guy alone. He's just "a concerned grandfather", and he's just trying to help people out. It's not like he's rallying to get some kind of law passed that would prevent kids from gaming.



Grandparents are such nice people. :3

stupid people.

addiction to anything is bad!

eating gives us nutrition keeps us alive,

addiction to eating makes people fat, slow, weak innards etc.

work gives us income for our needs, addiction to working gives stress, mental problems, unease.

playing games makes us entertained, improve mental and coordination etc. addiction to gaming can result to anything bad.