So do video games such as Titanfall and Grand Theft Auto make you more aggressive? NO! Losing in a video game does.

A study conducted by researchers from the University of Rochester in New York and Oxford University in the U.K. released this week measured video game aggression versus competence in a game. Playing the game is fun, but when one loses it could be detrimental to your health.

In one experiment, players were instructed to play a modded version of Half-Life 2, but there were violent and nonviolent versions to the game; also, one of the games had a tutorial in it, the other one did not, Forbes reported. The theory is that those playing the violent version would feel more aggression, but instead it was those forced to play without the tutorial who displayed the most anger.

If one is bad at a non-violent version of the game, the person shows more rage than playing a violent version with instruction.

Dr. Przybylski, who helped run the study, stated that "by focusing on the motives of people who play electronic games, it determined that players found a psychological need to come out on top when playing." Furthermore to the study, players' desire to master the game was far more significant than whether the game contained violent material; for example, "if the structure of a game or the design of the controls thwarts enjoyment, it is not the violent content but that response drives feelings of aggression."

Perhaps, if you are bad or good at a game, or are frustrated trying to play a bad game, then one is more likely to display aggression than someone playing a violent game properly.

Video games, unlike TV shows or films, are more of a personalized and controlled environment; the users take control of their surroundings. But if you lose in the video game environment, losing could induce feelings of anger, sadness and so on.

If you have ever screamed in rage, or thrown down a controller after missing a jump in a video game, or getting shot from across the level, new research exonerates your behavior. It is not the violent games that make people angry and aggressive, it is the difficult ones.

If you are not convinced, the research was tested on almost 600 participants after they played a variety of games, both violent and nonviolent.

The violent aspect of games contributed so little that it may baffle critics who argue that violent video games cause aggression. But this research had little to do with the idea that violent media desensitizes people to violence. That is a question that is still up for discussion, the NBC News reported.