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Civilization Syndrome is an affliction targeting gamers, especially turn-based strategy gamers, in which they promise themselves "[just one more] turn"--only to realize that seven hours have passed and they've soiled their drawers. Most games that cause Civilization Syndrome possess an [explosive] mixture: they create long to-do lists for the player, which grow infinitely and [exponentially] with each completed task, and combine that with the ability to complete tasks easier and quicker than real-life, thus creating an overwhelmingly addictive illusion of achieving things. Note that a game doesn't have to be turn-based to cause Civilization Syndrome, it merely has to produce addictive and never-ending to-do lists. Named after Sid Meier's Civilization series, which codified most turn-based strategy tropes present in today's games.
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