# Motion sickness from playing XBox?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-from-playing-xbox/480873>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 12, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-from-playing-xbox/480873 "2009-01-12T03:53:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-from-playing-xbox/480873/21 "2009-01-12T22:49:42Z")

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> [@EastCoastPearl](#):
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> A friend mentioned recently that the type of TV you’re playing on could have something to do with it. Tube TVs are apparently more likely to contribute to motion sickness than LCDs/HDTVs. I’m not sure why it would matter, though. My husband quit playing console games because he had issues with motion sickness, and now he’s convinced we need to get a new flat-screen TV and an XBox since it may have been our old TV that caused the issue. :rolleyes:

Tubes do flicker which can contribute to the problem but I would want to confirm that it works in a particular case before buying a new television.

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**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-from-playing-xbox/480873/22 "2009-01-12T22:50:26Z")

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> [@Rubystreak](#):
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> I’m totally new to the whole XBox thing. How does one patch a game?

If your console is connected to the internet (there should be an ethernet jack in the back) and you’ve created a profile for XboxLive, once you sign in and start playing a game it should prompt you that there’s an update available. Hopefully you have a harddrive too- I’m not sure if you can install updates to a memory card.

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**Author:** ![eno801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@eno801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eno801)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-from-playing-xbox/480873/23 "2009-01-13T16:45:56Z")

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for bioshock it should show up under options. it should say something with the words “FOV” turn it off or on. you should be able to see the effect it has right there on the options screen.

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