(August 8, 2014 at 11:40 am)Napoléon Wrote: Indeed as Insanity said on page 1, getting angry usually has to do with the difficulty of the game, not how violent it is. And it shouldn't even need to be brought up how much the whole 'video games cause violence' bullshit has been debunked.
I read some report recently that explained that the biggest cause of frustration and violence was from bad game mechanics. From personal experience I'd say that's the same for me. If I get beat fair and square I'm fine, if I loose because I got stuck inside a cardboard box or because my character isn't moving intuitively then I'm probably going to be pissed off.
Just found it:
http://www.ibtimes.com/recent-study-find...ce-1569609
Article Wrote:The trial found that games altered to have counter-intuitive, difficult controls that led to feelings of incompetence produced anger and aggression, not the content of the game itself, regardless of how violent it was.
"We focused on the motives of people who play electronic games and found players have a psychological need to come out on top when playing," said Dr Przybylski. "If players feel thwarted by the controls or the design of the game, they can wind up feeling aggressive.”
More or less exactly what I was saying. Nothings worse that feeling out of control in a game.
