10 Video Games That Could Seriously Damage Your Health

6. Guitar Hero

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Along with the sheer ton of similar musical games that were spawned with it, Guitar Hero was known for plaguing players with sore shoulders, thumbs and Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. But then, players were holding a bulky controller and flicking a button up and down to simulate a guitar string €“ it was pretty obvious what the result of playing every night to a packed out simulated audience would be. The Surgeon General also warns that playing Guitar Hero on Expert does not make you a musician. Some day there€™ll be a cure for simulated rock and roll, right in time for simulated sex and drug addiction games to swing around the corner. Groupie Hero, they€™ll call it. And it will have no less than seven sequels.
 
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