Gaming really could kill your kids
By Davey Winder in Editorial
There has been plenty written about the dangers of kids playing games over the years. Who could forget the nutters suggesting that watching porn films and chugging beer was less harmful than playing GTA IV, for example? Or the shocking news that more people have been killed playing Halo 3 than are alive on the planet Earth?
Up until now, nobody has suggested that owning a games console will kill you. Although there was a story about someone who died trying to win a Wii by drinking as much water as possible without having, well you guessed it, a wee.
However, all joking apart, it now seems that one games console really could be harmful to your kids, and you for that matter, if you get one during the holiday season. Forget the whole online gaming addiction argument, this time the danger is the console itself.
It would appear that a whole bunch of fake imported Nintendo DS and DS Lite portable games consoles are out there. The HM Revenues and Customs folk in the UK have warned that hundreds have been seized coming into the UK alone during the last couple of weeks. These fake units come complete with dangerous power adaptors which could cause serious harm, even death.
So why are people buying them? Why do you think? It is holiday season, money is tight, parents do not want to disappoint the kids. A real Nintendo DS will cost around UKP
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