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Comment author: Emile 09 April 2009 06:26:35AM *  6 points [-]

I also read about some similar research on video games: when hooking machines to the brains of people playing Super Monkey Ball, they found that the biggest burst of reward was when the players died. They explained this by saying that that's when the most learning occurs.

I notice that myself when playing some games - "awesome, I just died ! I have to start over". For some games, Losing is fun.

Comment author: thomblake 09 April 2009 12:43:09PM 8 points [-]

It should be noted that death is funny and pretty in Super Monkey Ball.