Heat and Video Games

An experiment by Thomas Diamantopoulos

Question: How does the temperature of a room affect someone’s
gaming skills at the video game T-Rex Run?
Research: The T-Rex run game was released in 2014. It is an endless
runner game, and it can be accessed by looking it up and playing it, or
by turning off your internet on the Google search engine, in which a T-
Rex appears. During the game, you as a T-Rex has to jump over cactuses
and pterodactyls, and you have to duck under the pterodactyls too. The
origins for the main character of this no-internet game were to show
that in the “prehistoric” times of the 80’s, wi-fi was not wide-spread,
and some of this remains today.
Hypothesis: I think that that the player will perform better in a hotter or
colder enviroment, because it will energize them.
Experiment:
1: Set thermostat to 71.
2: Turn off internet and look up something on Google browser.
3: Play 4 games. A game ends when the T-Rex dies. When you die, let
assistant write your score.
4: Go by hairdryer that is turned on high.
5: Repeat step 3.
6: Go by electric fan.
7: Repeat step 3.
8: Compare results.
 Results:
My sister Lydia, who is a beginner at this game, played this. When she
played in room temperature four times, her scores were:
105
87
98
54
Which averages to a score of 86.
When she played beside the hair dryer four times, her scores were:
161
43
50
84
Which averages to a score of 84.5.
When she played beside the electric fan four times, her scores were:
67
89
86
153
Which averages to a score of 98.75.
Conclusion

Looking at my results, it is clear that my original hypothesis was right.

 The average gaming score during cold air was 98.75, which is 12.75
more than the average high score at room temperature and was 13.80
more than the average high score during hot air. I think is because the
cold air energizes you.