The Injuries Begin: Videos of people getting hurt playing Kinect make Youtube happy

The Xbox Kinect is slated to be a big seller this Christmas, but the motion game controller that tracks your movements to control your character in the game has been shown to have its dangers as well as its thrills. The first video of a Kinect injury has hit Youtube. A man waving his arms around too enthusiastically whacks his son on the head – cue youtube gold. Elbow room guys – always think of the elbow room.

Damage by Nintendo’s Wiimote is a well-known phenomenon. TV screens tend to be particularly vulnerable to WiiMotes flying out of their user’s hands and damaging. This video below isn’t the finest of its genre but it does show one of the dangers of using the Wii remote without a wrist strap.