![]() I became familiar with it when I played the IBM PC version of the game on my cousin’s computer. It was released on every system you can think of, and various spin-offs were made over the years. Tetris is a popular game that came out of the Soviet Union courtesy of Alexey Pajitnov. I'm sure there have been countless parents who refused to buy their kids Mario or Pacman but relented when it came to Tetris because "it's a brain game." Besides, Tetris is one of the few games a kid could conceivably get his parents hooked on. When you've played a game as many hours as I, it's OK if you're not completely objective when reviewing it.īut seriously, it's been scientifically proven that playing Tetris leads to more efficient brain activity1. If you think that sounds completely can't disagree. ![]() For me at least, it feels like participating in a séance or mind-link with the pieces I'm manipulating. Playing Tetris hardly feels like playing a video game. I suggest you try it if your PSP or DS gets stolen and you've only got a Gameboy to play with. Plus you can do weird stuff like arranging the bricks so they spell your name. Tetris is the most ported game in history, nothing else even comes close. The game's low memory and graphical requirements mean it has been ported to virtually everything with a LED screen, including calculators and wristwatches and key chains. Some psychologists even draw Freudian comparisons to the game, although maybe that's taking things too far. ![]() What makes Tetris so special? Personally I think it's like a jigsaw puzzle, it taps into the innate "housekeeper" part in all of us that wants to turn chaos into order. The music was originally a Russian folk song, but does anyone recognize it as that? Hell no, it's the theme from Tetris! The little electronic blips the game makes when you rotate a piece have burned themselves into my memory forever. Tetris was and still is a cultural phenomenon. ![]() Tetris is a unique combination of logic, pattern-recognition, and reflexes. You lose if the bricks pile up to the top of the screen. Every time you make a line, it gets removed and you get more playing space. Bricks fall down from the top of the screen, and you have to shift and rotate them so they land in unbroken, horizontal lines. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.One of the best things to come out of Soviet Russia, Tetris is a simple yet insanely addictive puzzle game. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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