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title: "We Beat Tetris?"
date: 2024-01-08T13:02:02-08:00
categories: Games
tags: [Tetris, "Video Games"]
---

A video appeared in my YouTube recommendations a week or so ago claiming that
"someone finally beat Tetris."

{{< youtube GuJ5UuknsHU >}}

Honestly, when I first saw the thumbnail, I thought it was clickbait. But then
{{< tess >}} sent me a link to a post on Cohost.

[What everyone is missing about Tetris][2]

That got me to actually go back and watch the video above, and the news is
pretty amazing.

I've often thought that Tetris, like many other games in the puzzle genre, is a
bit grim. There's no winning; the game continues until you succumb to the
increasing difficulty, or make a critical error that costs you the run. Don't
get me wrong though: I still love it.

It's thrilling to see that humans can in fact overcome the game's programming.
The techniques and analysis folks in the Classic Tetris community have developed
to play faster and more accurately are mind-blowing, too.

Well done, Blue Scuti.

[2]: https://cohost.org/MacAntonio/post/4105443-what-everyone-is-mis
