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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.
I'm definitely a gaming masochist - I often like extremely difficult games the most, as long as the deaths seem fair. Having played games most of my life, I've gotten quite good at them and frequently get bored when a game is too easy.
Kill me more, please! ;)
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