3rd July 2006, 2:21 PM
It sounds like you have a stronger reaction than I do. For me it is far more subtle. A sort of background, almost "swimmy" attempt my mind makes to apply some task I did for a long time, nothing that dominates my thoughts (which by what you say seems to be what you are suggesting) or makes it impossible to think of anything other than the game. If I play a lot of Zelda, a background "context sensitive" approach to opening a door might occur, but doesn't really interfere, I just find it an amusing background thought. If I play a lot of Tetris, a background "pattern finding" starts happening, but I don't suddenly feel compelled to slide the tiles on the floor into each other.
From that wiki article, I got the impression that was the norm and that the "effect" wasn't known for actually really interferring with anyone's life.
From that wiki article, I got the impression that was the norm and that the "effect" wasn't known for actually really interferring with anyone's life.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)