Talk:Tetris effect

Tetris effect as Psychosis
A man in the netherlands apparently thought he was playing silent hill when he cut the power to a hospital and was found not guilty by insanity. This seems appropriate for the article.

http://www.24oranges.nl/2009/10/28/man-found-not-guilty-after-blacking-out-hospital/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.238.109 (talk) 03:58, 2009 December 2 (UTC)

chess's importance
the tetris effect, in the sense of affecting spacial processing, seems to be very prominent in chess, and is arguably one of the earliest examples that are closest to the true tetris effect concept, instead of just afterimages(the world as a grid, objects interacting as in the game). it could probably be referenced more, considering, compared to other examples, it seems to be something a large (or at least similar) proportion of chess players experience in the same way as tetris. and historically:The Royal Game The Defense. im aware The Defense is mentioned in a sentence, but it could be exacerbated, particularly because historical references proves its not a screen thing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ovrtheundr (talk) 01:28, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Another early description
Is after apple picking by Robert Forst:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44259/after-apple-picking 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:D948:DC28:C077:7F24 (talk) 07:22, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I don’t completely agree, as Frost’s description sounds more like sea legs than Tetris effect, but it would be good to see secondary sources refer to Frost’s poem relating to the Tetris effect before including it in the article. — HTGS (talk) 01:09, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Non-video game is more common
This strange phenomena must apply to just any repetitive mental task. I have experienced it mostly with mathematics and excel sheets, and I knew some people in Uni who said they had similar experiences. They ranged from confusion to full... psychosis? especially around sleep. I vaguely remember on this article was a quote by Freidrich Engels of him trying to integrate his coat buttons after doing lots of calculus, was this on another related article? Ive heard of Similar "leftovers" with kids practicing handwriting for a long amount of time, they start swaying like the loops in their cursive. Since such a niche phenomena isnt talked about much, its likely this article directly influenced people studying it properly, so not limiting it to video games specifically is probably a good idea. 84.71.225.215 (talk) 03:40, 12 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @84.71.225.215 Do you know of any sources which describe these phenomens in the context of the tetris effect? If so, it'd probably be due for inclusion. —Panamitsu (talk) 05:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * As said above, we can't really say anything about this without reliable sources on the subject. It would logically make sense that it may apply, though. Dialmayo 13:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Among Us
Given all the memes about seeing random objects as the (predominantly red) crewmate from Among Us, is this a good example of the Tetris Effect in other video games? Has anything been written about this specific topic (I tried looking it up but only get results related to the game called Tetris Effect...)? I don't know if this is important enough to mention in the article, but its hard to overstate the prevalance of these memes since ~2021. 173.22.96.188 (talk) 00:36, 19 May 2024 (UTC)