Operation Game Gone High Tech
October 12, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Gaming
Did you have one of those games, Operation, when you were a kid or did one of your friends? That was the game with the silly clown body on cardboard with cut out holes, in which you would find various white body parts that you had to remove with a pair of tweezers. But you had to watch out because if you touched the side of the hole, ZAP! The red nose lit up and a buzzer went off. You lost.
Since video games have come about, it’s not surprising to know that the old Operation games have been left in the dust and become much more intense and interactive. The Wii game system is on its second medical game already, Trauma Center: Second Opinion.
If you don’t know what a Wii is, you’ve got to find out. It’s a cool video game system that’s more for us over-teens and early 20s folks. It’s interactive to the point that you hold a remote and you can control the movements on the screen.
I played Trauma Center last year and I ended up buying it a few weeks ago. My 20-year-old daughter wanted to rent it yet again. At this point, it made much more sense to buy the thing.
It’s a fun game. You get to remove shards of glass, do surgeries and more. It’s not an easy game and if you’re frustrated easily, it could be a good thing you didn’t go into surgery. There are some things I don’t like about the game though and from reading reviews, I know I’m not the only one. There’s too much “talking” as they change from one scene to another. I think it’s great the first time you play, so you can learn the story line, but really? If I’m playing for the fourth time that day, do I really need to hear it all again. No – if I’m playing for the fourth time in one day, I think I need a life!
When I was studying nursing, I was only in the operating room once, to observe. I didn’t see very much because I was so far back (purposely so!), so this is the closest I’ll ever get to surgery, unless I’m the patient.
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Image: Nintendo.com
