Critical Hits

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YouTube Tuesday: Squiggle Piece Edition

How are the blocks chosen in Tetris? If you said some kind of random generation, you’re wrong. Next time you play, make sure you pray to the God of Tetris.

TheGame is Dave Chalker, a lifelong gamer, freelance game designer, Master of Arts, and son of Jack L. Chalker. Dave is the Editor-in-Chief of Critical Hits and so runs the place. He is the envy of geeks everywhere because he's dating e, the Geek's Dream Girl. (Email Dave or follow him on Twitter).

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3 Responses to “YouTube Tuesday: Squiggle Piece Edition”
  1. Asmor says:

    That was actually really funny. Thanks!

  2. TGN says:

    LOL!! LINE PIECE!!!

  3. Krog says:

    You know what? I once was at a math conference where they proved that Tetris is impossible to play forever. The cool little piece that is sort of like a zig-zag or a Braille ‘T’ prevents complete tessellation. :)

    Completely irrelevant, I suppose, but still an interesting trivia bit.