Mario Kart: more stress than fun? in 2024
Mario Kart: more stress than fun? Mario Kart is the most stressful video game to play, according to the study ‘Most Stressful Video Games to Play’, published by gaming site BonusFinder.com in late 2023. Basing the study on average heart rate increases throughout the course of a 30-minute gaming session, BonusFinder selected 14 active gamers -- who stated they were highly engaged in videogames and played for at least 15 hours per week -- to play 16 different games. Mario Kart topped the list of Top 5 Most Stressful [Video] Games. Mario Kart raised the average resting heart from 64 BPM (beats per minute) to 85 BPM, a 32.81 per cent increase. According to BonusFinder, “We measured resting heart rates for a baseline comparison and recorded heart rates at 10 second intervals for each gamer.” FIFA Football (31.25 per cent), Call of Duty (29.69 per cent), Dark Souls (28.13 per cent), and Fortnite (26.56 per cent) were the remaining games on the list. Given the nature of the video game --...