I know when The Witness launched, people were posting comparisons to circles and lines as if they had an eye in the real world to video games. In fact, there was a whole subreddit devoted to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/thewitnessirl/
Of course, this is also an example of a real world phenomenon called Tetris Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
As someone in the middle of packing/moving, I can attest to that.
And this doesn't excuse all the popular music and raps that reference video games or samples music from them.
So, I ask, what are some of your real world comparisons to video gams?
For example, as mentioned in the title of this thread:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...trump-salacious-detail-and-claims-of-cheating
Do you have any comparisons to real life things/events that resemble things in video games? What's your favorite?
Of course, this is also an example of a real world phenomenon called Tetris Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. It takes its name from the video game Tetris.
People who played Tetris for a prolonged amount of time could find themselves thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf, the buildings on a street, or hallucinating pieces being generated and falling into place on an invisible layout.[1] In this sense, the Tetris effect is a form of habit. They might also dream about falling tetrominos when drifting off to sleep or see images of falling tetrominos at the edges of their visual fields or when they close their eyes.[1] In this sense, the Tetris effect is a form of hypnagogic imagery.
As someone in the middle of packing/moving, I can attest to that.
And this doesn't excuse all the popular music and raps that reference video games or samples music from them.
So, I ask, what are some of your real world comparisons to video gams?
For example, as mentioned in the title of this thread:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...trump-salacious-detail-and-claims-of-cheating
"I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart...
"It may have been the least impressive sex I'd ever had, but clearly, he didn't share that opinion."
Do you have any comparisons to real life things/events that resemble things in video games? What's your favorite?
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