Discussion

    Do video games affect your heart rate and blood pressure? If so, in what way? Matt thought that the hunting game (Cabela’s dangerous Hunts) would affect our blood pressure and heart rate the most. Jonathan thought that the adventure game (GTA San Andreas) would affect our blood pressure and heart rate the most. We were both proven wrong after we tested and got our results for these video games. The game that increased our blood pressure and heart rate the most was our sports game (NBA Street vol 3.) And the game that increased our blood pressure and heart rate the least was our fighting game (Dynasty Warriors 4.)  One major factor that could have affected our results was if we had done any sports prior to testing, because our blood pressure and heart rate would definitely be higher due to the sport we played. If we could redo the experiment again, we would have tested for a longer time, and taken a couple sets of data for each game. We would not state our problem any different way. From our results, we would have to say that if you do not want your blood pressure to rise due to medical conditions, stay away from high paced, fast games. And also if you are upset and angry, you can most likely take your aggression out on a fighting game.