Inside A Gamer’s Mind

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a gamer’s head, and why they get so frustrated when they lose or die in a game? It’s just a game.Many people wonder why people become so angry when they play video games! Well, I interviewed many people, and these are my results.

Did you know that more than 99% of the United States population plays games in any way? Either if it’s a computer, Xbox, PS4, most people have at least 1 of the gaming systems. Also, did you know that people’s personality changes when they play violent games? Such as: the Black Ops series, Rainbow Six Siege, and many more. People that play violent games tend to decrease their frustration threshold; it also in a way makes them more violent.

I interviewed Mohamad Aboutaam, a student attending Unis Middle School, says, “I play games like assassin’s creed, madden 17 and violent games like those. I also started playing games around the age of 5. But I started to get more competitive at age 10 or 11.” Mohamad said he rages at games when he dies to the same players more than once, or if he is bad at the game.

I also interviewed Zaradasht Barakat,
another Unis Middle School student, says,“I play a lot of FPS (first person shooter) games a lot, and sports games. And the games that get me the most frustrated are the games that require a lot of skill, and a lot of practice. Such as: NBA 2k17, madden 17, rainbow six siege, call of duty black ops 3, etc.” Zaradasht also started playing competitively when I was around the age of 6 or 7 but the age when I started to get very frustrated is 12.

The last person I interviewed is Jamil Beydoun, he said “I play games a lot of games the games I play most are FPS and graphic horror games.” I get mad when the game gets too difficult, and I don’t know what to do or when I die to the same player multiple times in a row, or when my teammates are not helping me with the objective of the game. I think I get mad because either I’m not good enough at the game or because my teammates are not helping at all and just messing around when I’m being serious.”

People get frustrated with games when the game mechanics don’t cooperate. The main age people get mad at games is 12 or 11, this is caused when you enter a certain age group the Cerebral Cortex in the brain is worked up and begins to expand. This stimulates an aggressive and angry state to the human body.