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Life & fun · October 6, 2015

The Psychology of Video Games - 1: Rage quitting, frustration and aggression

Jamie chats with Dr. Przybylski about rage in gaming

The Psychology of Video Games - 1: Rage quitting, frustration and aggression launched on October 6, 2015 with 73 votes, #914 of 4,175 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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I talk to Dr. Andrew Przybylski from Oxford about video game aggression, frustration, rage quitting, and motivation.

Text. Pfft. Text is dead, am I right? 1 Voice without video, THAT’S the future. Given that, I’ve decided to dip into the world of podcasting and have recorded my first episode. I talked to Dr. Andrew Przybylski from Oxford University about research that he and his colleagues have done on video game violence, frustration, aggression, and motivation. Specifically around some additional questions and research topics that psychologists should be investigating around aggression and games. We also talk about how game designers and community managers might use this research to make players feel less frustrated and angry in certain circumstances. This is my first attempt at podcasting…from psychologyofgames.com

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