I think it does affect you more than you know.  If you are involved in a game, which most times you are or you wouldn't be playing it.  If the game creates frustration, which, unfortunately, an awful lot of later titles do, then it can ruin your day and cause unnatural behavior.

Most modern games are primarily designed to challenge and not entertain.  You can lose a hundred times a day, this is bound to have a bad effect on people.

I know it affects me, but being aware that it affects me allows me to 'get over it' more quickly, usually before bed time

However, this is only for multiplayer stuff, I have never gotten angry about single player (other than bugs, but that's a different kind of frustration).  When I get on a bad run in FUMBBL, I usually do have to just stop for a bit and do something else to clear my head.  But, again, knowing this makes it easy to manage.

On the other hand, when I get on a good run I feel pretty good about life in general

Casual gamer wimps! As a GTA 5 player I feel nothing but anger when I get into trouble with the law. Its ridiculous! The AI knows where to find you, they will try to kill you for the smallest of mistakes, and EVERYTHING ends in death!!! Aggghhh!

Call of dutys AI is the same, it cheats. It's not a good AI for copying and knowing stuff it shouldn't. Its a cheating AI and I hate it! How else can a enemy halfway across the battle field stop, turn towards me, throw a grenade in such a way were it explodes the moment it lands. HOW!?!?

I guess the study is right. But for me dumb and cheating AIs make me angry. Thankfully Frogboy has done right by me/us so far...

DARCA.

Depends on what we call a "poor" session. Sudden PC reboot, or just CTD, caused by buggy engine, without saves made prior shut-down or, worse, ruinied saves (wave games with single save file)? Someone distracted you without apparent reason, like your wife asking you where are her hairpins and you're bald or buzzcut, you don't need hairpins even theoretically? Bad controls/GUI, which aren't helping, like press spacebar to everything, or showing "helpful" images, irrelevant to controls you're currently using (yeah, right what I need - triangle on PC)? Simple feeling that currect game does not reflect your current mood? Improper balance in game, including bad testing, and game is console-based, so no saves on demand, and for some reason your character just stuck out in the open under enemy fire on hardest difficulty? Game openly cheating on you, doing something you (and your AI opponents) shouldn't? Spawning enemies right in front of you, without even trying to present this somehow, making you wish for Picard and Riker for double facepalm? Idiotic decision made by devs, which tried to pose their mistakes as virtues in the name of the Greater Good players' convenience (calculations in cloud, aha)?

Sure I get frustrated while playing video games. But also when working on cars and recording music. The problem is internal, not external.

My experiences depend on the game. When I lose in Company of Heroes as Wehrmacht I blame the US for being OP. When I lose as US however I don't get angry and I'm really impressed with how Wehrmacht managed to win over me.

When I lose a hardcore character in Torchlight, Diablo II or Diablo III I blame the game for putting me against 8 monsters and a boss in a cramped space with very little chance of manuvering. Even if I teleport out of there or quit it doesn't matter. I'm still fucked since when I go down again, the monsters will be were I last left them....

In Blood bowl (the 36h I played of it with my Undead team) I raged a bit when a valuable player died.

Should a gamemechanic such as jumping or whatever not work and cause me to lose = instant rage!

My own experience is getting frustrated when the game controls are not obvious.  Some games require the player to click a certain way, or in a very specific location.  When the location is not easy to see, etc., and my character gets killed because I can't click fast enough to actually hit the 'right' spot on the big, massive, clearly seen and obvious door, I get a bit fried.  I get killed, not because i don't move well,or didn't come prepared.  I get killed because of a sloppy interface mechanism. 

I think there's probably some merit to that study, though I would say it's not exclusive to video games at all. Something about society in general that cannot accept losing or failing at anything. It's a completely foreign concept to me, and seems unhealthy. People always need a scapegoat, something or someone to place blame, in everything, not just gaming.

I always crave a good challenge, and in modern video games it's often hard to come by. With Civ V, I can only play on Diety with all alternate victory conditions turned off (they are much too easy- only Domination is challenging for me). It is to the point where I mostly play multiplayer, even in games not well suited for it, because that's the only place I can get my "fix". When I lose or fail, I always look to see what I can do better. I always try to improve myself, it's part of the challenge that I  love. Not just in video games either. I was always much better at math and science (and music) and terrible at communication and language, so I spend a lot of time on message boards spewing my horrible grammar etc. It's a form of challenge, and I like that.

I can accept this study. I watched people get enraged over games. Frankly, I did get enraged when I played Ghouls and Goblins... but my Mother took care of that from me. As I played games she would walk in front of the screen and talk at me (intentionally making me lose), where I would get frustrated and she would say, "Did you pay a quarter to play it. No... So get over it." This happened quite often and she didn't restrict the types of games from distinction of violent or non-violent. Taught me that it is only a game in the end and I accepted the fact that I will lose sometimes and I can get better.

There are clearly some games that play better to mature audiences, than young children. The point that needs to be addressed is the immersion in these violent games. I can play a violent game as long as I'm not fully immersed. I can also alleviate any frustration as long as I don't get immersed into the game... it's a game, as I've always been taught.

As to the trophy for any place, all that did was prevent the first place trophy winners from saying "Haha, you didn't get a trophy." it didn't give any good feelings of hey you lost... but at least you got something. It holds the purpose of saying "You shouldn't gloat over your victory." (do that too often and rage will ensue from the non-winning teams.)

'player rage' in gaming is pretty much accepted as the norm these days. 

I cannot tell you how many times (over the many years I have been part of online gaming) someone has indicated they would 'rape my bottom' (and much worse......things which cannot/should not be repeated) should I happen to best them a time or two in an online videogame.

Many times this sort of reaction (rage) is actually not coming from the 'younger' generation either.  How do I know this?  Because thanks to Xbox LIVE and/or TeamSpeak / Ventrillo or other in-game voice functionality you are being harassed not only via text typing and one can usually tell a 12yr old from a 50yr old by voice.

@monk, post #20:  <humor> Maybe its (sometimes) just part of the 'roleplaying' that comes with playing in an alternate "universe/game?" </humor>

Yes, you're right, unfortunately. I'm into flight sims (WWI & WWII mostly) and when playing on online servers that allow anyone to join you can often find some people will jump in to man your rear gunner position and then proceed to shoot their own plane up killing you both... Fortunately, most of my games have a kick/ban function but these "kiddies" often just create a new handle and jump in again. One of the few reasons that I rarely do multiplayer any more, unless it's just with people I know. I'm not a competitive type and just play these things for enjoyment and stress relief and therefore don't appreciate that particular mindset very much.