Dude, Let's Play!

     When I go over to a friend's house, or someone comes over to mine, one of the main things we do is play video games.  Grab a controller, and play!  It's fun, but have you ever wondered how dirty that controller is that you are holding in your hand?
     When we play video games, often we are so drawn into the game, we don't quite realize what we do when we are playing.  For example, we touch our face, sneeze, cough, blow our noses, touch objects, and sweat.  Very often, gamers don't wash their hands before or after playing...and I don't quite recall a time when I
heard someone say, "dude, I need to wash my controller!"  Playing and grabbing the controllers, we don't realize just how much can be living and growing on a gaming controller.
     "The hand-held controllers contain on average 7,863 germs per 100 square centimeter - that's five times more than a toilet seat..."  Think about that.  Something gamers commonly do, is eat while they game.  A favorite food of gamers everywhere is pizza - which you eat with yours hands.  Touching the controller then eating the pizza means that you are exposing your hands to a dirty surface and eating whatever may be transferred.
     Maybe when we decide to play our video games, we will remember to clean our controllers first, not eat when we game, and try to limit the mindless movements we make while playing, such as touching our faces.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/games-consoles-controllers-five-times-2254476