Tag: tetris
YouTube Video of the Week: Doctor Spin – Tetris
You might have forgotten this, or been unaware of its existence, but I thought it was worth some nostalgia. This is Doctor Spin performing their rave-tinged version of the music from “Tetris” on Top of the Pops in 1992. Oh da!
FLASH GAME CHALLENGE: Perfect Balance
The competition is certainly hotting up. The mysterious Vince won last week’s challenge with a mighty 13,728,350 score, obliterating the second place score of 34,170 from Neil. Vince says he played for an entire semester to get that good. That or he’s making up numbers. We’ll never know.
This week, we’ve got Perfect Balance. It’s less reliant on having a good mouse, you’ll be pleased to hear. It’s more of a puzzler, involving the stacking of blocks so that they don’t fall. I managed a score of 16091, on level 18, before getting stuck. How far can you get? Entries in the comments below, please.
Previous challenges: Winterbells | Armour Academy
8-bit ties, bringing a new meaning to the term "professional gamer"
We’re lucky here at Shiny Media, we get to wear whatever we damn well please to work. Of course, the team from Brandish sit next to us, so we’re almost certainly getting judged, but it sure beats wearing a suit to work.
If you’re unfortunate enough to have to, though, then although you’ll have to shelve your Pac-Man and Left 4 Dead t-shirts, you can replace them with these gaming ties. Featuring Tetris, Pong, Space Invaders and Asteroids, they’re unashamedly 8-bit. They’re available on Amazon USA and cost $25 a pop.
Tetris, Space Invaders, Asteroids and Pong (via Technabob)
More clothing: Amphibious flippers | NES controller varsity jacket
New developments in the Tetris world – now it helps reduce mental trauma
Tetris. Always with the bloody Tetris. We’ve had Tetris ice cubes, Tetris chocolate, another kind of Tetris ice cubes, Tetris watches, Tetris furniture and even Tetris MADE REAL – now it’s time for life-affirming Tetris making people better news.
Basically, some doctors have been using the timeless obsessive/compulsive block-tidying puzzle game to relieve the symptoms of stress sufferers. They found that playing Tetris 30 minutes after being exposed to harrowing imagery…
Tetris comes to an exciting new format – ice cubes
It’s one of those ideas. One of those ideas you look at and think “Gosh, what a clever idea!” and possibly even wish you’d thought of it yourself.
You then also wish you had the Photoshop/Illustrator skills to knock together a concept image of your amazing idea, because you could then put it…
Meiji – Tetris meets chocolate
Could you improve on a simple bar of chocolate? Yes, you can convert it into a vintage game – which is what you get with the Meiji Tetris-style chocolate game…
Order whisky on the blocks with Tetris ice cubes
Hurrah! Someone’s invented Tetris-themed ice cube trays. Simply fill ’em with water, and icy Tetromino-based fun is yours for the taking. If you’re really clever, you could use different flavourings to make coloured blocks, just like the latest versions of the game.
Pong and Tetris on your wrist-watch? It could only be a concept product, sigh
Argh, how you all must hate concept products by now. I’m personally so sick of seeing these amazing designs which will probably never make it into production, due to the resemblance they have with the dangling proverbial carrot.
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Forget comfort: geeks can sit, lounge, and lie on this DIY Tetris furniture
For those more into geek culture than comfort, these Tetris-inspired combination furniture could be perfect. By fitting the pieces together in different ways, you can make a table and two chairs, a sofa, or a bed. Firstly, call me…
This week's Top 5 new Facebook applications: Fantasy Cricket, Storyline, Tetris, and more…
Cor. There are now 1,625 Facebook applications available. Someone, somewhere is putting every single one on their profile, I hope. But for those of you who prefer to cherry-pick your widgets, here’s this week’s crop of five new Facebook apps worth checking out.
