ergonomic awareness

[egypturnash]

I don't know why, but I'm very good at detecting when something is ergonomically unsound for me. I notice those little pains. I don't always act on them - my computer at work is still kinda painful to use, but it's the best I could do without hauling stuff all over - but I notice them.

I woke up around 5 for some unknown reason and played Zelda Windwaker for several hours. My thumbs ache. The right more than the left. And the index fingers hurt too, from all the shoulder button pressing involved.

There's an easy fix. On my way home I'm going to stop at the various video game stores in the area, and see if I can find either a Gamecube controller that's sized for Western adult hands, or a box to plug a PS2 controller into the GC. Because the stock controllers are just painful to hold for a few hours straight.

Comments

[nigel.livejournal.com]

I dunno anything much about the GameCube systems, but could you hook an Xbox controller up to one of them? If so, you might want to try and find one of the old Xbox controllers. Those things are fucking enormous. (Which is a good thing, in my opinion. My hands are rather large, so they're more comfortable to use.)