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Tetris Dreams

30 points by dood 18y ago

michael_dorfman 18y ago
God, I remember those Tetris dreams when I first starting playing the game (all those years ago.) I really hated them-- found them oddly disconcerting, and not at all restful. Off the top of my head, I'm failing to recall another computer game/activity that had a similar effect on me...
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  Nethack, for me. Also, nightmares about C++ syntax. I'm not kidding.
- maxwell 18y ago
  I've dreamt Guitar Hero. And I dream in code sometimes, mostly when I've been working on language design. I only recall vague refactoring and syntax design alterations, but I probably have them all the time without my consciousness remembering.
  - cstejerean 18y ago
    That's pretty interesting. I often dream about problems related to my code (usually trying to solve some problem) but I've never had a dream about syntax or refactoring.
    - maxwell 18y ago
      Try writing a (general purpose) language -- syntax and refactoring are the problem! :)
bscofield 18y ago
I never really dreamt about Tetris, but I did start seeing it during my waking hours—I'd be driving along, and realize, "Hey! The negative space between those two cars would be perfect for a z-block." It was very disorienting when several of those happened one after the other.
- cstejerean 18y ago
  I had a similar experience with the Rubik's cube, although it was worse. I would constantly imagine a rotating cube, to the point that it made me dizzy (and oddly enough the only thing that made the dizziness stop was playing with the Rubik's cube).
- Herring 18y ago
  You probably did dream about it & just forgot.
- cdr 18y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF206-Game_Boy.gif http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF206-Game_Boy.gif
tuukkah 18y ago
Took me a while to notice this is actually from October 2000. Nevertheless interesting, and here's the scientific article: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/5490/350 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/5490/350
- dood 18y ago
  Heh, I hadn't noticed either, just picked it up in the cogsci subreddit.
ars 18y ago
Now I want to play tetris, but I need to work............
j2d2 18y ago
I dreamed about tetris while working on a tetris ai project in school. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/punkball/tetris/ http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/punkball/tetris/
whacked_new 18y ago
Somewhat OT: I used to play a bit of puyo puyo (USA: puyo pop), a game somewhat like Tetris. I like it much more than Tetris but haven't met many people who play it. Are there any puyo fans here?
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30 points by dood 18y ago

God, I remember those Tetris dreams when I first starting playing the game (all those years ago.) I really hated them-- found them oddly disconcerting, and not at all restful. Off the top of my head, I'm failing to recall another computer game/activity that had a similar effect on me...

silentbicycle 18y ago
Nethack, for me. Also, nightmares about C++ syntax. I'm not kidding.
maxwell 18y ago
I've dreamt Guitar Hero. And I dream in code sometimes, mostly when I've been working on language design. I only recall vague refactoring and syntax design alterations, but I probably have them all the time without my consciousness remembering.
- cstejerean 18y ago
  That's pretty interesting. I often dream about problems related to my code (usually trying to solve some problem) but I've never had a dream about syntax or refactoring.
  - maxwell 18y ago
    Try writing a (general purpose) language -- syntax and refactoring are the problem! :)

bscofield 18y ago

I never really dreamt about Tetris, but I did start seeing it during my waking hours—I'd be driving along, and realize, "Hey! The negative space between those two cars would be perfect for a z-block." It was very disorienting when several of those happened one after the other.

cstejerean 18y ago
I had a similar experience with the Rubik's cube, although it was worse. I would constantly imagine a rotating cube, to the point that it made me dizzy (and oddly enough the only thing that made the dizziness stop was playing with the Rubik's cube).
Herring 18y ago
You probably did dream about it & just forgot.
cdr 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF206-Game_Boy.gif http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF206-Game_Boy.gif

tuukkah 18y ago

Took me a while to notice this is actually from October 2000. Nevertheless interesting, and here's the scientific article: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/5490/350 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/5490/350

dood 18y ago
Heh, I hadn't noticed either, just picked it up in the cogsci subreddit.

ars 18y ago

Now I want to play tetris, but I need to work............

j2d2 18y ago

I dreamed about tetris while working on a tetris ai project in school. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/punkball/tetris/ http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/punkball/tetris/

whacked_new 18y ago

Somewhat OT: I used to play a bit of puyo puyo (USA: puyo pop), a game somewhat like Tetris. I like it much more than Tetris but haven't met many people who play it. Are there any puyo fans here?

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