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Contact UsNot only are action-based video games good for the health of your eyes, they also leave players feeling less aggressive than other game genres. In a continuing trend of research into the effect of gaming on players’ mental and physical wellbeing, the University of Huddersfield in the U.K. has released new findings.
Does playing video games involving graphic violence increase aggression in gamers? Many have drawn the conclusion in the past that yes, it does. However, two experts from a British university beg to differ and believe their findings will counter “sweeping generalizations about the nature of video games”.
Their research, conducted for the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference, found that racing sims were more likely to leave a player more agitated and with a faster heart beat than graphically violent video games, reports Blend Games.
Of course, there’s plenty of research out there that suggests aggressive video games make for aggressive behavior – but could it be that gamers are working out their aggression in action-based games? Perhaps racers are left more stressed and pumped up with virtual road rage?
At the end of the day, everyone’s different. Everyone takes something different away from the games they play online. Surely the personality of the gamer must be taken into consideration, as well as age and level of engagement with their chosen gaming environment.
Within competitive groups in particular, in either action-based or racing video games, the emotional response of a gamer can vary immensely depending on how much of themselves they’ve invested in playing a game, as well as on their official or perceived status within that game’s community.