Stephen Totilo over at MTV news has posted an interesting column about a phenomenon that many gamers experience after a long gaming session where elements from the game begin creeping into real life, changing the way we see the world and process information. I first experienced this when I got my first Gameboy. After playing Tetris for hours on end and then going outside I started trying to stack everyday items into neat little piles in my head.

Stephen was inspired to write the column after a marathon Crackdown session made him start looking for jumping solutions in Brooklyn. The same thing happened to me when I visited New York for the first time during our Kotaku party trip two weeks ago. Instead of seeing the sights and marveling at the size of the buildings, I was looking for handholds. As Mr. Totilo puts it...

I never jumped a building. I never smashed another car. I never even ate a row of yellow dots. But sometimes the world looked like it would let me. I would if I could.

Multiplayer: Real Life As A Video Game

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