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When did you get hit by "the tetris effect" AKA playing a video game so much that you get the urge to do moves/actions from the video game in real life? (sh.itjust.works)

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When I got hooked on Morrowind in middle school it occurred to me to quicksave before a test at school.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is a really common experience for a ton of VR gamers. The thing I remember the most is how white text on a black background (usually my phone) made it seem like the text was really 3D and coming out at me. It fades away but I'm sure we're going to find out some interesting things about the brain from this phenomenon.

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