Ever wondered what it's like to be a piece in tetris? Now you can know in
first person tetris. (Warning, this may be disorienting/dizzying)
posted by Hactar
on Jan 13, 2010 -
57 comments
99 Bricks is what you get when you cross Tetris with Jenga. Instead of keeping your tower's height to a minimum, the goal is to get it as high as possible with 99 bricks. And the bricks don't stick to each other anymore. One wrong placement and they'll fall all over the place.
posted by grouse
on Nov 13, 2008 -
29 comments
The Cossacks, a proud people with a long
history, are famous nowadays for their dancing, whether of the
mass spectacle variety, or the slightly lower-key celebration of
actual Cossacks. They have some pretty famous
music, too, often featuring
balalaikas. (Behold, the
real lyrics to "Tetris") But dancing and singing is not enough for
some, apparently, who seek to refine
Cossack martial arts.
posted by StrikeTheViol
on May 23, 2007 -
36 comments
On flight simulators, Tetris, and the CIA The Sunday Times Mag has a feature on Gilman Louie, popularizer of Tetris who was recruited by the CIA in 1998. " Louie's marching orders were to provide venture capital for data-mining technologies that would allow the C.I.A. to monitor and profile potential terrorists as closely and carefully as Amazon monitors and profiles potential customers."
posted by brookish
on Apr 12, 2002 -
13 comments
It's common knowledge that Tetris players often see the game in their dreams. Now scientists are using the game to help understand
the very nature of dreams themselves. But it doesn't address the question I've always had: Why Tetris? Why doesn't this happen with Quake or Ultima or even Super Breakout?
posted by jjg
on Oct 14, 2000 -
14 comments
Alexey Pajitnov , the creator of Tetris has had a remarkable life. He developed one of the world's most recoginizable (and mind-numbingly addictive) games - and in the process, managed to survive through all sorts of incredible bureaucratic and corporate nonesense. Speaking of corporate nonesense, he's currently an employee of Microsoft.
posted by grant
on Dec 9, 1999 -
0 comments
Every once in a while I get a bad case of 8-bit nostalgia, and I remember fondly my many hours of joy with my Nintendo Entertainment System. One of the most fun games on the NES had to be Tetris, and this
history of the game is a neat read.
TSR's NES Archive is another cool site dealing with the NES. Of course, the original Legend of Zelda is the best game of all time, but that's another thread entirely.
posted by tdecius
on Sep 20, 1999 -
0 comments
