Tetris Effect

[mattjd]

I have recently been playing large amounts of Terraria lately with not many breaks and when I go to sleep I keep on getting a dream about a 2D world made out of blocks I've also scanned sides of buildings searching for the best climbing route (AC).

I'm pretty sure when this happens this is the time to stop playing that particular game

So who has experienced the Tetris effect?

 

[mattjd]

The worst one I've had like this is the "Grenades at War" effect. This is something I hope no one else has ever.

Trying to Platinum Call of Duty : World at War (or nick named Grenades at War by so many). The last 2 levels on Veteran was the worlds biggest spamming session of grenades. Every 3 seconds you had to run because a cluster of grenades got lobbed at you, then when you ran you got shot dead instantly. I must have spent about 6 hours trying to clear the last 2 levels.

After completing them at something like 3am, I really needed some sleep. I woke up from a nightmare 8 times that night to the sound of grenades being thrown through my closed window and blowing the room to kingdom come.

I get mild tunnel vision from playing some games but I never want to have the Grenades at War effect ever again!

Sounds nasty

I found a site which shows you the most common games which cause these effects some of the effects are quite fascinating. Mirror's edge is a good one, people apparently see objects glow red

 

[mattjd]

Here is the link with the well know examples:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheTetrisEffect

Portal is in there