Nintendo getting sued for seizure incident

[Darlon]

I hope I'm in the right place for this topic.

anyway...


http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/030604/new_nintendo001.shtml


This is just stupid it's not Nintendo's fault that Micheal's parents failed to read the warnings.


p.s. Sorry if this is old news, I just felt like posting something important.

[Flying Mullet]

Yeah, they have put those warnings on the games for the last 15+ years, it's old info that everyone knows. It'll be interesting to see what happens since it is a printed warning that you are supposed to read before you play the game (as everyone always does :rolleyes2 ).

[Breine]

How... What's the word I'm looking for? *looks* ...LAME! :D

That's just retarded... ^_^

[Heath]

They're always in the game manuals, or at least those of the consoles themselves, how stupid.

[Shoeberto]

Just another example of parents finding a scapegoat for their irresponsibilities.

[Flying Mullet]

"We bought junior a bag of candy and let him play in front of the tv all day. We don't know what could have gone wrong."

[Peegee]

Nintendo versus some misc family. Gee...who's gonna win?

Seriously, do we need disclaimers for EVERYTHING?

[The Man]

Originally posted by Moo Moo the Ner Cow
Seriously, do we need disclaimers for EVERYTHING? Yes. And apparently, disclaimers don't help, since the manual for every video game i've ever bought says "VIDEO GAMES MAY CAUSE :skull::skull::skull::skull:ING SEIZURES. IF YOU'RE AT RISK, DON'T PLAY THEM IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEIZURES."

[Flying Mullet]

So how long is it going to be before someone sues McDonalds again for hot coffee claiming that their coffee is defective because it's hot and they shouldn't manufacture a defective product?

[The Man]

I'd give it two months.

[Sephex]

One and a half.

[KentaRawr!]

It appears to be mislinked. :o What does the article say?

[~SapphireStar~]

Yeah, they have put those warnings on the games for the last 15+ years, it's old info that everyone knows. It'll be interesting to see what happens since it is a printed warning that you are supposed to read before you play the game (as everyone always does ).
QFT.

[Craig]

I hope I'm in the right place for this topic.

anyway...


http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/030604/new_nintendo001.shtml


This is just stupid it's not Nintendo's fault that Micheal's parents failed to read the warnings.


p.s. Sorry if this is old news, I just felt like posting something important.

No doubt.

[ljkkjlcm9]

the thing that upsets me is some games even have a screen before the game starts that says, "please read the safety manual, some games may cause seizures.... press any button to continue." or something along those lines. So unless you can't read, you can't really ignore this screen.

hmmm, so I don't get sued, I'm adding to my signature.....

THE JACKEL

[bipper]

ITS ABOUT TIME VIDEO GAMES GET BLAMED FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S STUPIDITY!

[Miriel]

Let's not resurrect threads that are over 2 years old.