I hate when I’m playing along through the comp games and think, “What would be handy right now is a wrench… I saw one around here not too long ago… Where was it?”
And then realize the answer: in a different game.
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Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 
In the documentary is the story of someone who picked up a rusty screwdriver off the ground while out with his family, and his wife asked why, and he had no idea, until they got home and he realized he needed a screwdriver in the game he was playing.
That is an excellent story.
So lovely meta :D
I wrote about a similar moment a few years back:
“I was walking down the street and I noticed a store was selling silver jewellery. It occurred to me that I needed silver, but I couldn’t remember for what. Ah yes, to close the interdimensional rift.”
Full article here, if you’re curious:
http://www.theculturalgutter.com/videogames/when_reality_bleeds.html
This happens to me all the time.