Why You Keep Playing Brutally Tough Games
34,911Everyone loves a good challenge, but some folks are willing to go above and beyond their normal level of patience to beat games with extreme levels of difficulty. Celeste, Sekiro, Cuphead among others are games designed to push players to their limits. And when those limits are hit, a choice is presented. Persevere? Or Quit? For those that persevere, something special happens cognitively, and that’s what we’re here to discuss on this episode of Psych of Play.
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Games Shown:
Dead Cells (2017) - Motion Twin
Celeste (2018) - Matt Makes Games
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) - Intelligent Systems
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) - FromSoftware
Dark Souls (2011) - FromSoftware
Dark Souls 3 (2016) - FromSoftware
Mario Maker 2 (2019) - Nintendo
Dragonball FighterZ - Arc System Works
Undertale (2015) - Toby Fox
Punch Out (1984) - Nintendo
Cuphead (2017) - Studio MDHR
Contra (1987) - Konami
Stardew Valley (2016) - Sickhead Games
Ninja Gaiden Black (2005) - Team Ninja
Dead Space 2 (2011) - Visceral Games
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (2017) - Bennett Foddy
New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) - Nintendo
Bayonetta (20119) - Platinum Games, SEGA
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) - Nintendo
Super Smash Bros: Melee (2001) - HAL Laboratory
Super Smash Bros: Ultimate - 2018 (2018) - Nintendo
Super Meat Boy (2010) - Team Meat
Detroit Become Human (2018) - David Cage
Super Mario Odyssey (2017) - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Nintendo
Pode (2018) - Henchman & Goon
Clips/Movies/Research Shown:
https://youtu.be/wvfHBM2ROwg
My Hero Academia
Spongebob Squarepants
The Hangover - 2009
Kaguya Sama: Love is War - 2019
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 2015
Hot Rod - 2007
https://youtu.be/tRotukq30AI
W. - 2008
Everybody Wants Some - 2016
Hidden Figures - 2017
Whiplash - 2014
Good Will Hunting - 1997
**Self Handicapping and the Perception of Difficulty (Self Esteem)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221309.1983.9711498
https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/newsletters/authentichappinesscoaching/persistence
**Past Success fuel Future persistence
http://classweb.uh.edu/eisenberger/learned-industriousness/
**Resolving Cognitive dissoance, the need to justify the hell we’ve went thru (fraternity of ppl who have beat that section)
https://sites.psu.edu/alyssaboobpassionblog126/2018/09/27/hazing-and-its-unhealthy-relationship-with-cognitive-dissonance/
Music Sources:
Cartoon Network Powerhouse
Farewell - Celeste OST by Lena Raine
In Stasis - Celeste OST by Lena Raine
Flow Like Water - CloZee
Living Room - David Maxim Micic
Before My Body is Dry Instrumental
Daughter of a Great Summoner - Final Fantasy X OST
The Riverlands - Octopath Traveler OST
Megalovania LoFi Hip Hop Remix - Ralfington
The Choice - Undertale OST
**All images, graphics, and fonts created or found with postermywall.com, Pexels.com, Videvo.net, and Lightworks v14 editing software. All gameplay footage captured with Elgato 60FPS recording device**
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