There's a kind of zen state that only certain games can get me into, and when I say "certain games" I pretty much just mean FromSoft games. It's the state of bashing your head against a brick wall but kind of enjoying it: Repeatedly hurling yourself on the rocks of that one boss over and over and over, dying every single time but, miraculously, never really getting frustrated.
The reason I don't get frustrated is that I learn something every time. My knowledge of a boss' mechanics, its timings, and my plain old muscle memory improves in increments until I'm suddenly able—just about—to overcome the enemy. I might be bashing my head against a wall, but that masonry is being chipped away little by little.
