Franchise: Tetris
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Named after the Tetris game series, The Tetris Effect (or Tetris Syndrome) occurs when a person's thoughs, mental images and dreams are impacted by the prolonged devotion to an activity. One such example being playing Tetris for a long time, then subconciously thinking about how shapes in the real world could fit together or seeing the "tetrominos" at the edge of one's field of vision when falling asleep.
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There was an official two-player board game version of Tetris made by Tomy.
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A study by the Plymouth University in the U.K. has shown that playing Tetris can lower a person's food cravings by 25 percent.
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Because the game was made using Soviet Union resources, none of the developers received any royalties when the game was first released.
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Tetris got its name by creator Alexey Pajitnov combining the words 'tetra' and 'tennis'. Tetra is a Greek numerical prefix meaning 'four', and tennis was Alexey's favorite sport.
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