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This trope can drive one to insanity, ''especially'' when combined with [[Ear Worm|the game music also being stuck in your head]].

 

 

This is '''not''' about games that keep you playing until three in the morning, although most examples of this will be a result of that. That trope is [[Just One More Level]].

 

== Meta ==

 

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' did this once, when the family buys too much stuff at a yard sale, and Homer goes through a Tetris sequence to fit everything inside the car... except himself.

** When Lisa became a crossword puzzle addict, she started to see crosswords in everything.

* Late author Robert Asprin attributed his creation of the first ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' book to this trope, as his deep immersion in writing the grim corporate-mercenary novel ''Cold Cash War'' was causing him to regard people, and even family members, as potential threats or targets. Writing a comic fantasy was his way of canceling out this alarming effect.

* Chess tournaments. Play in one and while trying to sleep at night, you'll start playing games in your head.

* The live-action game Assassin, usually played on college campuses, is known for its [[Paranoia Fuel|paranoia-inducing]] effects on dedicated players. Always sitting with one's back to the wall, hanging out near exits, scanning for snipers....

* Watching films or playing games of any genre will likely get you thinking about your life in terms of the same cliches, though it's advisable to retain a sense of the distinction between reality and fiction.

* Unfortunately, this is actually a big problem in the military. Many battle-trained soldiers must undergo "deprogramming" to get the "anything could be out to kill me" mindset out of their heads, among other ideas that are useful in a war zone, but not conducive to civilian life. When it gets too bad and they will never be the same, they call it PTSD.

* After spending quite a bit of time on any graphic design or art program (such as Photoshop or Blender), it's difficult not to start looking at the lines on the roads or various architecture and think, "Now how would I make that in [the program]?"

* People who knit and/or crochet, often times, will see a knitted/crocheted item and try to figure out how to reproduce the results after admiring it for a short time.

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