Imagine if you could play games and never have to move a muscle. Ah, the good life. How sweet would it be to endlessly cycle through attacks in a RPG with just thinking it instead of pushing a button? Well, scientists aren't too happy with the idea, and think some bad things may come from it...like The Matrix future kind of bad.

From the article:

Your brain might be your next videogame controller.

That might sound pretty awesome, but the prospect of brain-controlled virtual joysticks has some scientists worried that games might end up controlling our brains.

Several makers of brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs -- devices that facilitate operating a computer by thought alone -- claim the technology is poised to jump from the medical sector into the consumer gaming world in 2008.

Companies including Emotiv Systems and NeuroSky say they've released BCI-based software-development kits. Gaming companies may release BCI games next year, but many scientists worry that users brains' might be subject to negative effects.

Read the full article over at wired.com