Re: Ergonomics and portable gaming systems

On 2005-11-27, Stimp <ren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 Preston Crawford <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Although I held the SP by tilting my wrists in and kind of wrapping my
>> hands around the SP, a position I now realize wasn't good. I've since
>> switched to the DS, having played through most of the GBA line-up.
>>
>> Something changed recently, though. I had to sell Castlevania, because
>> the pinching motion (which I've been told by my occupational therapist
>> is something I want to do less of if I can) of holding the DS and
>> playing faster action games with the buttons and D-Pad was causing too
>> much stress. So Castlevania had to go. I'm not sure what (if anything) I
>
> what I do on the DS is this:
>
> instead of holding the machine with palms touching against the side of
> the DS, turn your hands 70-90 degrees so that the palms are facing
> towards your body.
>
> This, I've found, is a more natural position, plus it gives easy access
> to the L + R buttons.
>
> Additionally I also find that if you rest the DS on your leg (if you sit
> cross-legged for example) can relieve some of the tension from the
> weight of the thing.
>
>
> I still reckon the original GBA (i.e. pre-SP) had the most comfortable
> design. The new Micro would make you go blind considering the size of
> the screen.
>

That's my worry. I keep hearing people say the Micro is more comfortable
(I went back to the GBA in the end), but I keep thinking the screen is
too small. What is the size difference, exactly?

Preston
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