If you’ve ever played a video game before, you’ll know that it can sometimes jack up your heart rate.
Whether it’s a sporting game and you need one more goal to win the championship or it’s a first-person zombie shooter and you are afraid of looking around each corner, there are plenty of reasons to get stressed.
But one company wanted to see what is the most stressful game to play and the results might interest you.
BonusFinder gathered together a little more than a dozen gamers to play some of the biggest titles that have ever been published. Their heart rates were monitored during the gaming sessions and tallied together to produce a pretty decent snapshot at gaming and stress.
Interestingly, Mario Kart has come out on top.

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