One for Your Anxiety Dreams
January 31, 2020 12:18 AM Subscribe
Wow, this sucks.
Tetris relies on being able to rotate a piece as it falls. If you can't do that, it doesn't work.
posted by kafziel at 1:29 AM on January 31, 2020 [2 favorites]
Tetris relies on being able to rotate a piece as it falls. If you can't do that, it doesn't work.
posted by kafziel at 1:29 AM on January 31, 2020 [2 favorites]
Wow, this sucks.
Tetris relies on being able to rotate a piece as it falls. If you can't do that, it doesn't work.
There is a long history of re-implementations of Tetris that make it intensely frustrating, leaning on the iconography of Tetris and the expected satisfaction of slotting a piece neatly into place and clearing lines by making it almost impossible to do so. (Two memorable examples are the one that makes every piece jelly, and the one that zooms the playing field out after every line.)
The only difference between them and this is that once you get the joke, this still has some interest as a game.
posted by Merus at 2:09 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
Tetris relies on being able to rotate a piece as it falls. If you can't do that, it doesn't work.
There is a long history of re-implementations of Tetris that make it intensely frustrating, leaning on the iconography of Tetris and the expected satisfaction of slotting a piece neatly into place and clearing lines by making it almost impossible to do so. (Two memorable examples are the one that makes every piece jelly, and the one that zooms the playing field out after every line.)
The only difference between them and this is that once you get the joke, this still has some interest as a game.
posted by Merus at 2:09 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
I took one look at that thing and I backed away hastily. Some mysteries are best left unsolved.
posted by tallmiddleagedgeek at 6:28 AM on January 31, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by tallmiddleagedgeek at 6:28 AM on January 31, 2020 [5 favorites]
Yup, definitely clicked through and said NOPE NOPE NO WAY and slammed that back button. There are things I don't need in my life and this evil Tetris is among them.
posted by potrzebie at 7:38 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by potrzebie at 7:38 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
posted by doctornemo at 7:43 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by doctornemo at 7:43 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
thanks i hate it
posted by pazazygeek at 7:58 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by pazazygeek at 7:58 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
Beat my high score, you cowards!
(It's 1.)
posted by zompist at 8:19 AM on January 31, 2020 [4 favorites]
(It's 1.)
posted by zompist at 8:19 AM on January 31, 2020 [4 favorites]
Dante approves!
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 9:15 AM on January 31, 2020
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 9:15 AM on January 31, 2020
Yes! I got a 3.
You can rotate, but no sliding into position at the last moment like in regular tetris. Instead you have as long as you like to decide the position and rotation before committing the piece. More puzzle solving, less hand-eye coordination, but still too hard.
posted by TreeRooster at 10:04 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
You can rotate, but no sliding into position at the last moment like in regular tetris. Instead you have as long as you like to decide the position and rotation before committing the piece. More puzzle solving, less hand-eye coordination, but still too hard.
posted by TreeRooster at 10:04 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
Ooh, new score of 6, including at least one line in all 4 boards. I'm quitting while I'm ahead.
posted by TreeRooster at 10:18 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by TreeRooster at 10:18 AM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
yeah this is definitely in the eternal punishment category for video game players in hell
posted by GuyZero at 10:43 AM on January 31, 2020
posted by GuyZero at 10:43 AM on January 31, 2020
I think it speaks to Tetris' status as an enduring masterpiece that even subtle variations to the format only seem to diminish it.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 1:20 PM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 1:20 PM on January 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
I think this one is better than tetrhissss since it didn't appear immediately impossible.
That allows for hope which in turn allows the crushing of hope.
Clearly superior.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 1:36 PM on January 31, 2020 [2 favorites]
That allows for hope which in turn allows the crushing of hope.
Clearly superior.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 1:36 PM on January 31, 2020 [2 favorites]
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oh this is infernally upsetting
posted by Mizu at 12:32 AM on January 31, 2020 [3 favorites]