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Re: Video games can alter reality

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Post by GaryBluto »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #12

Maybe a reverse of this (well, that's not quite right). I have had recurring dreams in the past of being in an enclosed space like in a mall or in the halls of a large college building where I can find no exit—just endless rooms, halls, etc. In the dreams it's kind of threatening but also kind of exciting: the endless possibilities. How I imagine Hong Kong, also, BTE. I've never been but would love to go there. Oh, a…

> I've never been but would love to go there. Oh, and Kowloon City

I have some unfortunate news for you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City_Park

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Post by rbanffy »

fainpul wrote: post #20

For me it was Rainbow Six Siege. I started heavily focusing on sight lines in every room I was. It was very unpleasant and I soon stopped playing.

Some friends of mine who loved playing Counter Strike became somewhat agoraphobic, and stated looking for places a sniper could be hidden every time they were in open spaces.

At least it’s somewhat useful- you never know when a sniper will be after you.

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Post by mister_mort »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #12

Maybe a reverse of this (well, that's not quite right). I have had recurring dreams in the past of being in an enclosed space like in a mall or in the halls of a large college building where I can find no exit—just endless rooms, halls, etc. In the dreams it's kind of threatening but also kind of exciting: the endless possibilities. How I imagine Hong Kong, also, BTE. I've never been but would love to go there. Oh, a…

Have you ever played the bizarro dungeon RPG "Kowloon's Gate"? Navigating through that madness might be right up your alley.

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Post by mister_mort »

I think this effect might not be limited to video games - I remember when I was learning 3D modelling and rendering a few decades ago I started to break down scenery in my mind automatically, a permanent "how would this be made or faked in a program if you were to do it".

I think excessive concentration on a new skill can just create that pattern in your mind, no matter what the source.

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Post by PetitPrince »

dudefeliciano wrote: post #2

From what I understand the tetris effect is not caused by the video game itself, but by playing it for an inordinate amount of time. The "tetris effect" has been there way before tetris, any monotonous activity done for an excessive amount of time will cause a tetris effect (i think a lot of people are familiar with hypnagogic hallucinations while falling asleep after driving all day, for example).

As a member of the western community of player who practice Tetris the Grand Master (a series of arcade version of Tetris that focus on speed) since its beginning in 2004-ish, I can attest that the Tetris effect happens when you're beginning to seriously play but then disappears relatively quickly. With well over 2000 hours of play across versions and counting, I don't have any of this effect.

The same can be said Bemani-style rhythm game (Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, ...): when listening to music I could imagine potential sheet music I could play in the games, but it's no longer the case (and I don't have clocked as many hours on it).

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Post by PaulHoule »

mister_mort wrote: post #27

I think this effect might not be limited to video games - I remember when I was learning 3D modelling and rendering a few decades ago I started to break down scenery in my mind automatically, a permanent "how would this be made or faked in a program if you were to do it". I think excessive concentration on a new skill can just create that pattern in your mind, no matter what the source.

General lore is that if you're creating training sets for visual recognition you can make about 2000 judgements a day. I've occasionally done about twice that and found my visual system misbehaving.

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Post by JKCalhoun »

GaryBluto wrote: post #21
JKCalhoun wrote: post #12

Maybe a reverse of this (well, that's not quite right). I have had recurring dreams in the past of being in an enclosed space like in a mall or in the halls of a large college building where I can find no exit—just endless rooms, halls, etc. In the dreams it's kind of threatening but also kind of exciting: the endless possibilities. How I imagine Hong Kong, also, BTE. I've never been but would love to go there. Oh, a…

> I've never been but would love to go there. Oh, and Kowloon City I have some unfortunate news for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City_Park

Yeah, sorry, I know it is no more. I see how I joined that with Hong Kong though to make it sound like I want to visit it. :-)
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