The Tetris Effect and experiences

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

So, i study psychology and it really interests me and one thing i have heard about that really piques my interest is the Tetris Effect.

For anyone who doesn't know the tetris effect happens when people devote a lot of time and mental energy into something such as a game (like tetris). This makes them perform this action outside the game, like people who were addicted to tetris, if they saw some boxes lying on the pavement they would feel an urge to stack them like in tetris. Or people who play FPS' alot could sometimes have panic attacks because they did not have a crosshair and were unarmed.

Now, onto the real question, has anyone ever experienced this? It can be anything such as trying to save something you have done well or any of the above examples.

E.G Mine is that i had a mini panic attack after a CoD4 marathon because i realised i was unarmed.

 

[blunted]

Lumines. Whenever I see 4x4 blocks when I close my eyes, it's time to give it a break.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I sometimes say "Cover Me I'm Reloading!" When I'm crouching.
Oh, and I have VATS Vision. I see people's weaknesses.
I've got and eye for bringing down structures. got that from RFG.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[DeadlyYellow]

On occasion. I will never drive a car after playing a GTA game until an hour has passed. I still have to fight the urge to randomly bail out of vehicles.

 

[esperandote]

friends and i used to hear gun shots and that breathing sound you hear after being wounded in golde eye 007 after playing it a lot on the n64

 

[DazZ.]

Do you mean like FPS syndrome?

 

[123BIG]

Team Fortress 2. Recently i was walking my dog, and saw a really skinny guy in a blue shirt jogging past me. He steered clear of me (scared by the dog apparently) and i caught myself thinking "i shouldve bumped into him, hes totally a red spy". Yeah and every so often i feel urges to look around, jump and spin.

 

[Disaster Button]

I found myself thinking "/sit" when I sat down in class today

I hate myself

At least you don't say "LOL" as opposed to laughing. Those people should hate themselves.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Ryuk2]

I reach for the ''mute'' button a lot and I'm not kidding.
I don't pay attention to anything so sometimes I end up in a game and just try to do something i do in real life and sometimes I get up, go to school and then kind of wake up and notice that I'm at school, but sometimes i get it mixed up and think that I'm at some game when i'm in real life and other way.
I don't think it's Tetris Effect. More like delusion's(if that's the right word) to me.
...yeah, I'm freaking insane.

 

[Proteus214]

Not even joking, after massive DDR binging I see brightly colored arrows whenever I move my feet.

 

[Jedamethis]

I found myself thinking "/sit" when I sat down in class today

I hate myself

At least you don't say "LOL" as opposed to laughing. Those people should hate themselves.

Oh god don't get me started on those people. lol is for the Internet, where there are no sounds, keep it there. We shouldn't even have created lol, I mean, why not just say 'ha'?

 

[LampyLX]

I am a concert touring technician and part of being on the road is packing the truck after every show. As a result of excessive amounts of time away from home, doing the same gig night after night and usually a bit of alcohol, the road cases in the back of the transport truck start to take on the appearance of tetris blocks.

 

[Lynx]

friends and i used to hear gun shots and that breathing sound you hear after being wounded in golde eye 007 after playing it a lot on the n64

Did you wave your arms in a stiff and old videogame-ish fashion too?

 

[Zombie Badger]

I saw a roof a while ago and my first thought was 'I need to up the anti-aliasing'.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

friends and i used to hear gun shots and that breathing sound you hear after being wounded in golde eye 007 after playing it a lot on the n64

ha i know how that feels, i have another one where i played l4d for days on end sitting in class i could hear hunter screams and l4d music in my head.