Back whenPokémon were just a seizure - inducing flicker in Nintendo ’s middle , there was “ Dark Warrior epilepsy , ” a bod of epilepsy that was only reported once in the history of medicine . Nonetheless , this malady is responsible for one of the strangest paragraphs ever to grace a aesculapian journal .
In 1982 , the British Medical Journal publisheda reportfrom the Department of Neurology at Bristol ’s Frenchay Hospital . This clause — only and sinisterly entitle “ Dark Warrior epilepsy ” — recounted how a 17 - year - former girl with probable light-sensitive epilepsy lost knowingness after toy the colonnade gameDark Warrior(see gameplay below ) . As the researchers noted :
She had trifle Space Invader , Asteroids , and Lunar Rescue and not suffered any known inauspicious effects .
The patient subsequently avoided playing Dark Warrior , and her fit lay off . But that was n’t enough for our enterprising Dr. .
No , after witness terms like“Space Invader wrist tendonitis”and“Space Invader epilepsy”(which was erroneously coin during a case study of the gameAstro Fighter ) gain cachet in aesculapian circles , these doctors were gung - ho to leave on a mark on the neuroscientific lexicon . lay eyes on this magical paragraph :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgKLWsUWn4
The terminus Space Invader epilepsy is , in fact , a misnomer , since no cases have been reported with the Space Invader telecasting game itself . We suggest , therefore , that Astro Fighter and Dark Warrior epilepsy be classified under “ electronic space warfare video game epilepsy ” and this as a special category of photoconvulsive epilepsy . Video games other than space war games - for exercise , Super Bug and Munch Man - come along to be less epileptogenic . Electronic quad war video biz epilepsy has yet to be report with Defender , Space Fury , Lunar Rescue , or Asteroids warfare secret plan .
I go for Munch Man ’s PR team exploited the hell out of that rip quotation mark . And the next time I finish up in the exigency room , I will slip “ electronic space war video game epilepsy ” among my list of ailment . ( This is how to determine who was awake during med school day . ) Also , is Dark Warrior epilepsy is any way linked to outbreaks ofPac - Man Fever ? This requires further enquiry .
Semi - related : Another journal paragraph somehow penned with a straight grimace .
This is the greatest windup paragraph to a scientific paper ever
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