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A Tetris chair

James Hyde — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:37:25 +0000

There’s no denying that Tetris is close to the heart for many people, the brick-puzzle game has inspired artists for decades, including Mexican industrial designer Gabriel Canas, who designed the Tetris chair you see above. It’s not available for purchase anywhere, as it’s still a concept, with the only specimen planted at Canas’ own home.

Tetris turns 25

James Hyde — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:52:00 +0000

During these busy E3 times, let’s not forget what happened 25 years ago, when Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris, which instantly took the world by storm. The game has sold hundreds of millions of copes in various forms, and even the Guinness Book of Records lists Tetris as the record holder of the “Most Ported Video Game” and “Game With the Most Official and Unofficial Variants”, among a dozen other records.

Meteos Wars for Xbox 360

Brian — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:11:21 +0000

Picking up from the success that they had from their Nintendo DS version, Meteos Wars focuses on a different game console in the Xbox 360. Gameplay is simple. If you are familiar with Tetris, they are practically similar.

Blocks fall from the sky ala Tetris, and in turn must be matched in vertical or horizontal lines of three. Once a match is made, the triplet will be boosted back into space where it belongs. However, it’s not always that simple; as gravity is your enemy. If your group of blocks is too heavy to make its way back into the heavens, it will steadily descend back into your original pile of blocks. That’s when you will need to match more in order to keep it aloft.

However, the correct blocks will not always be available to match. You can accelerate the speed of the falling squares, but beware – if one line reaches the top of the game board, an alarm will sound. If you cannot reduce the line’s height in a timely fashion, it’s game over! Paired with these harrowing rules, you’re also in a close match with an AI (or human, if you’re in multiplayer) opponent who is trying to clear their board in the same manner.

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Tetris Eases Post-traumatic Stress

Rajiv Ashrafi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:02:23 +0000

Came across distressing images lately? Want to forget? Play Tetris. At least, thats what a new study conducted by Oxford University has found: patients with symptoms of post-traumatic stress had fewer flashbacks after playing a round of Tetris.

The experiment was carried out on a group of 40 volunteers who were shown distressing images of injuries. Some of them were then made to play Tetris for 30 minutes. The Tetris-playing sample was found to have recorded significantly fewerflashbacks of the images than the non-playing group.

“Tetris may work by competing for the brain’s resources for sensory information,” said Oxford’s Dr. Emily Holmes. “We suggest it specifically interferes with the way sensory memories are laid down in the period after trauma and thus reduces the number of flashbacks that are experienced afterwards.”

However, researchers admit that the tests are inconclusive as they do not compare to actual real-life traumatic events and that games have a real effect on human memory.