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Title: My first arcade related injury in over 25 years
Post by: gatordad on August 12, 2009, 11:28:34 pm

Well I've gotten sick and tired of my 10 yo son kicking my butt on Track and Field and listing to him brag about how I will never beat him.
So after he went to bed today I played for over an hour straight, trying to bring back some of that old magic I used to have.
Wouldn't you know it I now have 2 nice size blisters, one on each middle finger. That hasn't happened in a long, long time.
Don't know why, but I felt like sharing
He won't know what hit him in a few days   ;D

Title: Re: My first arcade related injury in over 25 years
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on August 13, 2009, 12:23:35 am

Great story... congrats.  Really.   :applaud:

How does it feel to be a kid again?  The last time I remember getting blisters from playing video games was from Decathlon on the Atari 2600.  The 1500 meter was killer!

Cherish the memory, trust me.

Happy Gaming!

~ DeLuSioNaL

Title: Re: My first arcade related injury in over 25 years
Post by: vidmouse on August 13, 2009, 08:56:19 am

Never got button blisters myself, but for me it was also
the Atari 2600...  the way I held the joystick, I developed
some blisters in that crook between my thumb and
hand, on the right side of my thumb.

Bravo.

Title: Re: My first arcade related injury in over 25 years
Post by: ChadTower on August 13, 2009, 09:25:36 am

I have a scar on my left hand from the shaft of a C64 stick... wore right through the skin playing Summer and Winter Games.  Did it probably 50 times.

Title: Re: My first arcade related injury in over 25 years
Post by: gnateye on August 13, 2009, 10:37:42 am

i have permanent bruise/scar below my thumb right where the corner of the atari joystick was clutched 8)

i consider it a war wound, and well earned at that