Human tetris. Of course.

January 1, 2008 6:03 PM

Human Tetris.

Plus d'info. (more information, mostly en Francais).

Previously on MeFi: Space Invaders.

posted by yhbc (31 comments total)

Oh, Yeah - via ColdChef, who apparently would rather email all the good stuff to his friends and acquaintances instead of posting them on MetaFilter.
posted by yhbc at 6:05 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

LOL... the sound effects are great... especially when a line clears.
posted by Poolio at 6:10 PM on January 1, 2008

*sniff*

I'm not ColdChef's friend?
posted by SassHat at 6:12 PM on January 1, 2008

I thought for sure this was a double, but that's a different kind of human tetris. We've seen the human space invaders though.
posted by puke & cry at 6:27 PM on January 1, 2008

I prefer the other kind of human tetris.
posted by tehloki at 6:28 PM on January 1, 2008

Ha! Best of the web! I don't think I need to look at youtube this year after that clip.
posted by phyrewerx at 6:28 PM on January 1, 2008

Preview, damnit. *dunks self into water*
posted by tehloki at 6:30 PM on January 1, 2008

The sound effects for this one is pretty sweet also. (Ok, I guess I'll still be youtub'n in double oh eight)
posted by phyrewerx at 6:33 PM on January 1, 2008

While I have nothing but respect for the effort and planning that went into this project, that guy is absolutely shit at playing Tetris.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 6:38 PM on January 1, 2008

Whew! When I saw tehloki's comment, I assumed that his "other kind of human Tetris" link was to that video where he's doin' my mom.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 6:40 PM on January 1, 2008 [2 favorites]

They do it a little differently in japan.
posted by b1tr0t at 6:49 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

on preview...
posted by b1tr0t at 6:49 PM on January 1, 2008

I'm not ColdChef's friend?

Truth be told, I sent that to yhbc's wife, he just happened to be snooping in her inbox.*




*"Snooping in her inbox" would make a great song for Mr. Calvin Broadus
posted by ColdChef at 6:53 PM on January 1, 2008

That was pew-diful.
posted by brickman at 7:05 PM on January 1, 2008

Another kind of human Tetris
posted by CrunchyFrog at 7:11 PM on January 1, 2008

At 1:09, why does the white person on the left go down two spaces after the line clears? Shouldn't they only drop down one line? Or am I remembering Tetris completely wrongly?
posted by chrismear at 7:11 PM on January 1, 2008

Yeah; he's not my friend, he's my wife's friend! Check your inbox for a summons, ya bastad!

We only use one inbox for both accounts. Really!
posted by yhbc at 7:17 PM on January 1, 2008

Ha! original
posted by nangsta at 8:05 PM on January 1, 2008

Yet another kind of human Tetris
posted by infinitewindow at 8:07 PM on January 1, 2008

Sorry Parasite unseen, the video of me doing your mom is here.
posted by tehloki at 8:33 PM on January 1, 2008

This Human Tetris is by far my favorite.
posted by dhammond at 9:20 PM on January 1, 2008

Love the setup, but its frustrating to watch the wrong moves being played! argh!
posted by milestogo at 9:23 PM on January 1, 2008

Love the setup, but its frustrating to watch the wrong moves being played! argh!

Agreed. Here's the antidote: Amazing Tetris Grand Master Skills
posted by MetaMonkey at 9:49 PM on January 1, 2008

Metamonkey's link is a must view.

Go watch it, right now.

Seriously.

Go.

We'll be here when you get back.
posted by Malor at 2:53 AM on January 2, 2008

Amazing Tetris Grand Master Skills

Psssh. He has a hold box! It's not Tetris until you play with what you get.
posted by shakespeherian at 6:21 AM on January 2, 2008

I know I have a problem because when I saw the bad plays coming I couldn't stop thinking, "Noooo! Don't put that THERE!!! Over to the left! OVER TO THE LEFT!!!"
posted by availablelight at 7:08 AM on January 2, 2008

chrismear, I thought that too. Now I feel less like I'm the only one who played way too much Tetris as a child.
posted by penguinliz at 10:23 AM on January 2, 2008

yup, me too.
posted by onlyconnect at 2:58 PM on January 2, 2008

Thank heavens.
posted by chrismear at 3:58 PM on January 2, 2008

Russian dorm tetris.
posted by miss lynnster at 6:27 PM on January 2, 2008

I was going to comment on the physics error at 1:09 too. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's glad they're not the only one who noticed it.
posted by tepidmonkey at 11:07 PM on January 2, 2008