UPDF AI

Negative Emotion, Positive Experience?: Emotionally Moving Moments in Digital Games

J. Bopp,Elisa D. Mekler,K. Opwis

2016 · DOI: 10.1145/2858036.2858227
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 183 Citations

TLDR

It is found that most players enjoyed and appreciated experiencing negatively valenced emotions, such as sadness, and it is shown that negative affect may contribute to enjoyment, thereby extending the notion of positive player experience.