Most monitors are by default set to something ridiculous like 8000K, whereas 6500K is considered ’standard’ for the basic sRGB colour space. The higher number looks ‘brighter’, but it’s also much bluer – and more conducive to eyestrain. The lower, yellower temperature may look weird at first, but your eyes will very quickly adapt. Switching back will be painful.

Microsoft Windows is pretty crap at proper colour calibration in general, but I’ve calibrated the screens on both my Macs and things look *lovely*. No expensive plastic glasses needed…

I stand (lens) corrected; not only are these cyberpunk devices in fact the finest invention for potentially Cartman-sized gamers since Cheez Whiz, but I fully intend to purchase said ophthalmic solution at the nearest available opportunity..

“What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the pre-condition of truth.”
- Roland Barthes

“Ooh, I seem to have developed ‘gaming eyezz’, mother!” Smells like another pseudo-solution to some new invented ‘problem’. I once played CSS: Zombie Survival for five hours solid – and my head almost exploded like that guy in “Scanners”. And you know what made it better? Simply unplugging my fat nerdy gamer fanboy a$$ from the damn Machine and getting some decent shuteye. Whatever next, Phil? “I played HL2 for too long and got bad piles – but now thanks to ‘Gaming Buttz’ my problems are over!”

IMHO – stick to the reviews, son. (Either that and go all out and place large, lurid blipverts for other dubious products all over your cool website..)

Fristly, I don’t appreciate being referred to as son.

Secondly, you are entitled to your opinion and whilst it clearly isn’t the same as mine I respect your right to express it.

However, your tone and examples almost caused be to simply delete the entire comment.

If I spent 12 hours of non-stop gaming and then complained of tired eyes I wouldn’t really have any complaints. I’m talking about playing for less than an hour.

If a product helps me play for as long as I want then that is a good product. Whether you personally think people should be playing games for so long is beside the point.

Did you buy an uncomfortable chair for your gaming simply to ensure you don’t play for too long? Probably not, if you have the choice of a comfortable chair when playing games then I don’t see how that is any different from having glasses that make playing comfortable.

The same goes for all accessories and equipment.

You comment does raise valid points about how long certain members of society spend playing games and not enough time doing physical activity but I don’t believe that it relates directly to this product.

If you refer back to Poll Question 24 you will see that most players who voted play for between 1 and 3 hours. I don’t believe that is excessive (Although that depends on many factors).

Previous to me using these glasses I couldn’t play for much more than an hour.

Are you suggesting that after every hour I need to get my fat posterior out of my chair and do some physical exercise when you have not idea of my schedule or fitness level?

I am ranting now, partly becasue I am angry and partly becasue you are right.

Players shouldn’t play for too long and they should balance gaming with real physical activity but that doesn’t mean gaming should has to hurt.

IMHO – stick to the reviews, son. (Either that and go all out and place large, lurid blipverts for other dubious products all over your cool website..)

It’s your site so you’re, of course, free to do whatever you want. But, it seems you’re still struggling to keep or obtain an audience with gimmicks like polls and competitions when what would be best, in my opinion, is to provide the content users visit the page to read about. Rather than be over indulged with design that make the accessibility and usability of the site absent. Your greatest success would be to actually have an interesting game review once and awhile and down the road you might not be lacking those page hits or returning users.

More coverage on games, less on the other stuff please.