If there's an upside to spending months trapped in a mine in Chile, it's that you get a ton of time to play games. The rescue holes they dug in Chile are just wide enough to fit a Nintendo DS or PSP, and you'd have countless hours to while away while buried alive playing Chinatown Wars. Sadly, evil psychiatrists are taking that pleasure away from the poor miners. In an effort to keep the crew in the mine sane, professionals have denied requests for MP3 players and video game systems, because it is feel they are too isolating.
"With earphones, if they're listening to music and someone calls them, asking for help or to warn them about something, they're not available," The rescue effort's lead psychiatrist Alberto Iturra Benavidesm said. "What they need is to be together."
If I were trapped in an underground mine, I'd totally play Dig-Dug.
The miners' daily life consists of labor (clearing rocks dropped by the various rescue bore holes, and other maintenance tasks), as well as recreation including watching TV and movies, talking with their families, and daily group meetings to keep everyone sane, and even video chats, but no gaming or stereos.
As yet, the group hasn't encountered any previously undiscovered, monstrous subterranean races that feast on human souls, but imaginary Chilean scientists on the scene expect the meeting will happen very soon, and have advised the miners to close their eyes and keep them closed, no matter how strong the temptation to stare into the creatures' terrible, dead eyes.
Source: Washington Post
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Dr_Mindbender
G4tv.com August 30th - "Trapped Chilean Miners get PSPs"
"The miners aren't in immediate danger of losing their lives, so boredom and isolation will be the real problem, so the authorities have lowered down PSPs with the food, water and other supplies. PSP to the rescue!"
SomeSortofLazer
C - Hey, Charles, how's it going?
R - Oh, Randy, hey. It's going pretty well. Some dust got in my eye but now worries.
C - Do anything interesting lately?
R - Nope, been waiting for the release of Halo:Reach can't wait to play it. With all this downtime I'll be a pro in no time!
C - Sounds cool, but y'know they won't let us have games down here right? They say it will make us fell isolated...
R - FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wryan
The only problem I see with giving the miners Xbox 360s and wi-fi is if they do start a Halo clan they all might yell, "HEAD SHOT BIATCH!" at the same time and cause an earthquake.
TheStealth
Live action Dig-Dug anyone?
gtrhtr
what?? no minecraft???
Woger
Might I suggest sending down a laptop with Minecraft?
Zzanzabar
All I know is if I was one of those miners, as soon as I got free I'd hunt that *&%$@ psychiatrist down, kick his A$$ then throw his butt down a hole and MAKE watch "The LAST Avatar" for 3 months!
AngelsandDemons
shoot...you give them final fantasy 13...they'll be up and above ground way before they're ever close to beating it
GamebustaZX
well I think they should give them anything they want these guys are trapped down there with nothing to do and wtf they talking about keep them sane with nothing to do that will dive them insane atleast playing a game or listing to the music can take there mind off of it a little and come on what are the odds that all of them will have on headphones the whole time get real people need to stop over anaylising things there only human give them what they ask for it could be there last days so dont be the jerk who told them no they cant have there DS
PkrPlr4LIFE
If I was trapped down in a mine for months on end, I think I would start a riot till the LET me play my games. What if some of these people are real gamers this no gaming could be very harmful to their mental well being. But that's just me.
Scarygamer94
Even though I completely agree that they should have games, and it's terrible that they don't get them (I would go insane without my rpgs), I have to admit that the lack of multiplayer might be a good thing. Imagine what a raging gamer could do in a closed space, with a pick-axe, after a terrible game of New Super Mario Brothers Wii? Oh, the horror.
SBanks
With an Xbox, four controllers, FIFA Soccer 11, they'd be totally engrossed and when they got out... go on tour around the globe and totally kick ass!
GOAL! GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!
leozilla1
If they were playing dig-dug they might just get out themselves
wicked_god
give them all 360's and wifi let them start a clan on halo reach. If that's not being together what is? Being seperated from video games would drive me crazy only thing i can think of worse than that would be being away from my family
wicked_god
i say give them all a 360 and a wifi let them start a clan on halo reach lol. And yea i would go insane if i couldn't play videogames screw isolation, seperation from my games is the second worst thing besides being away from my wife and kids.
thanx4theluv
id kill myself... right now i got suspended for having pot on me and im not allowed to play videogames... thats gonna last for a week and i still feel suicidal...
Dr_Mindbender
Wait a minute... http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/p ost/707193/trapped-chilean-min ers-get-psps.html
What's the deal, Scoop?
cooperjs1
Maybe they could hook 'em up with some wi-fi. That way they are communicating with the rest of the world and gaming at the same time. If someone needed help, they could send an instant message through XBOX Live! Viola! Problem solved.
MartiansfromUranus
The only thing I can think of worse than being trapped in a mine for months without video games, is to be trapped in a mine thinking your gonna get video games, then not have video games.
MartiansfromUranus
Now they are probably hoping they die down there.
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