"The Tetris effect occurs when an activity to which people devote sufficient time and attention begins to overshadow their thoughts, mental images, and dreams...People who play Tetris for a prolonged amount of time may then find themselves thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf or the buildings on a street.[1] In this sense, the Tetris effect is a form of habit."
mostly this is happens with words. i will see a word and my mind will dissect it into as many other words as can be made from it. example: i have a poster that says RESPOND in my living room. my brain makes the words: ponders (BINGO!), pond, ponds, nod, nods, pore, pores, done, dones, drone, drones, etc etc). it is quite distracting as well, there are words everywhere. if i weren't such a feely person i would wonder if i were mildly autistic sometimes. so when the tetris effect starts coming on i know i've been playing a game too much and i back off. i havn't played scrabble in months and the effect has left so this week i started two new games and im sure i will exhaust the novelty of it until i start going wack a do with words. rinse repeat.
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I completely understand. I was stuck on the sims, too! Right now I am addicted to farmville on facebook. I CANNOT stop. I would really like a real garden or farm (like yours!) but I live in a condo. :( I know what you mean....Games are a substitute for real life .
sorority life is on facebook too. GAH! i love it! must.stop.
i previously got REALLY into myFarm on there. oh! i love it!
Farm Town. I was at a real farm this weekend and was looking at the grapes thinking... those look just like the grapes on my imaginary farm on the internet-LOL.
I'm glad someone understands. I just gave days of my life to Sims 3. Wow. Leave it on the shelves...
me + mah-jong = tetris effect. oy.
I don't think there's anything wrong with getting so lost in a game that you lose time. It's a great stress reliever and (for that reason) has been compared to orgasm. But, yeah ... life has responsibilities, so I use http://onlineclock.net/ It's extremely annoying, so you'll hurry off your game just to shut it off ASAP. I set it for one hour, typically.
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