03-08-2011, 09:34 AM
(03-08-2011, 06:31 AM)Namaste Wrote: Have to disagree here, a simple puzzle game with cute graphics and sounds will not generate the same effect as running around killing people with a chain-saw. Certainly not for the vast majority of gamers, and I know a lot of them :¬)
Even so, the "effect" is not fight or flight response. My point is that it is not real. There is no real effect on the player other than hand/eye reflex stimulation. Fight or flight has a REAL effect. Pretend doesn't make for genuine effect. Getting excited, with rapid heart rate, by getting close to reaching the next level is far different than having a pro football player running full force directly at you.
If gaming is fight or flight, then there should be levels one through ten to describe the intensity. There aren't levels. Gaming is not fight or flight.