Study: Gamers Less Angry After Playing Violent Games

I'm usually more angry after playing "violent" FPS games (i.e., BF2). Well, it depends if I'm doing good or not. :)
 
Yeah. Playing FEAR Combat after work doesn't usually help. I usually fire up Command & Conquer.
 
Anzbar, please don't post that link again. No, seriously. I'm deeply disturbed by it, and I'm still playing UT2K4.

LOL, thank god for translations, partly because I'm deaf. I guess I'm lucky I don't have to hear that crap.
 
It's Azhar, and I posted that particular YouTube clip because I'm also deaf ;)
 
Depends on the game. A balanced game is relaxing. A game where you are getting your butt handed to you on a plate due to exploits is not relaxing.
 
Personally, I vent by writing, but yeah, I've loaded up games to vent before. Although RTS's don't make very good vents....
 
I usually feel good after a nice FPS or old school Beat'em Up.

But if i try to play Castlevania od Kid Icarus I'm going to get pissed. (like typing on my messe d up keyboard!! :mad: )
 
kidstechno said:
But of course whenever you hear "SPY SAPPIN MAH SENTRY" then you get angry again. :)
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I hate those words.... :mad:

I have found that TF2 makes me the most angry of any game that I play. Perhaps it's because it's unrealistic in that I can directly hit a sniper with a rocket, but he doesn't die. Then he quick shoots me with not even a full charge and I'm pwned.

Or as an engy, my sentry keeps getting raped by demomen or spies, but I can't stop them. I get really pissed off at that.

However, doing well makes me calm down. CoD4 is always a good choice. Sniping with a barrett is enormous stress relief.

For me, it all depends on how I start off. If I start with 2 or 3 kills, I'm calm and on a roll. If I get killed 2 or 3 times without getting a kill myself, I start getting mad. If I get owned by a chopper (CoD4) or a spy or sniper (TF2), I get really mad. At that point, it's all downhill, but I've yet to break anything. :p
 
Depends on the game.

FPS can sometimes make me anxious, I have to remember to breathe properly. Not in the same universe as Angry German Kid though ;)

Other times, there is the groove you kinda get into, where you are just an unstoppable killing machine. 25 or 30 kill streak in UT2004 is satisfying, but also requires me to be very calm. I wonder if this is what psychos feel like when they are hacking up people :p
 
I tend to agree with the general statement, though I doubt it applies to all - pre-pube kids seem to get awful upset, especially 2the sniper hiding who knows where...Personally, I play BF2 online, a few hours every day and it does help me 'get out' a bit of aggro. However, for some, all it does is get them angrier and nastier in their interactions. Gues it's a matter of maturity and age....
 
Gott said:
I'm usually more angry after playing "violent" FPS games (i.e., BF2). Well, it depends if I'm doing good or not. :)
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This is the thing - if you survive@the start, get a few flags or d/fend well, destroy their UAV/Sat/arty, game seems fun:):):)...but if you loose all your flags but 1 and end up getting KAMPT inside Warehouse ofr instance, by 6 armour and twenty cars, we-e-e-ll, it gets sad very quickly:(:confused::mad::mad:...Easy fix, end of round, change sides;););););)
 
this is all bull shit too many side factors not a real study
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I agree, the level of anger could have easily been reduced if the gamer was playing a violent video game and was owning, beating or completing a game reduces stress level and increases satisfaction levels.

i am assuming if a noob gamer was told to play a game on expert for 2 hours with some kind of target he or she had to reach and failed to reach that target or only just made that target then they would leave a more angry agressive person.

I know my stress levels are extreamly high when i have personal or set expectations that i fail to reach.

This is why games which give users "set the bomb and escape in 50 seconds" can become highly stressful if they are hard to reach or complete. A similar example could be killing a hard boss before being allowed to save the game. failure to do so results the user in having to replay a large majority of the level.
 
I am usuall stressed out, firing up game really relaxes me and puts me back in place.
 
I am usually stressed out, firing up game really relaxes me and puts me back in place.
 
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