diff --git a/content/blog/2024/we-beat-tetris.md b/content/blog/2024/we-beat-tetris.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..210e906 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/we-beat-tetris.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +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