[post] We Beat Tetris?

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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