Word for 'when someone perceives life as a game'

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I've heard of the Tetris effect, which is essentially the same thing with the difference being that the brain does it subconsciously.
The word I'm looking for is when someone knowingly pretends life is a game to do things in a gamified manner.
For example: If someone thinks that they are speedrunning a task in life, they do it quickly and hastily as if in a game.
Is there any similar word if there isn't any?

Decapitated Soul · Answer

Not a noun but for such kind of person, I would use flippant or frivolous.
The action of perceiving life as a game could be described as frivolity.

Frivolity: behaviour that is silly and not serious, or things that are silly and not important. [Cambridge English dictionary]

Example: They should not treat their life with frivolity.
In your example, you could say:

If someone thinks that they are speedrunning a task in life, they do it frivolously.

Light-minded or skittish are also possible. (Is it self-gamification?)

phhu · Answer

I can't think of a good noun for this, but I wonder if some kind of metaphor or simile might work?
e.g. "The world is her Playstation, and it's game over for anyone in the way", "If the street were a screen, he'd be Pacman", "Each day was a like new level of Super Mario Bros, harder than the last, yet he had always found his princess by sunset"....
(I'm out of touch with the culture, so forgive the dated ideas!)

Word for 'when someone perceives life as a game'

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