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Not for their eyes


The Nintendo DS, a dual display device, is a sleek powerhouse that's great for multiplayer gaming. 
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
The Nintendo DS, a dual display device, is a sleek powerhouse that's great for multiplayer gaming. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

LOS ANGELES – Nintendo’s 3DS video game system might be hazardous to the health of children younger than 6, according to a warning posted Wednesday on the Japanese video game company’s website.

“Vision of children under the age of 6 (is in) the developmental stage,” Nintendo’s warning said, according to a Google translation of the website. “Nintendo 3DS, 3-D, including 3-D movies and television, delivers 3-D images with different left and right eye images,” which “has a potential impact on the growth of children’s eyes.”

The 3DS is the gaming giant’s latest version of its DS line of handheld video game consoles.

What do you think about kids younger than 6 playing video games?



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.