Tetris!

23rd September 2013; Tetris!

 Tetris, an old classic that was released back on June 6, 1984. It is a video game where you stack up each of the seven pre-set tiles that are presented to you in the confined rectangular space. The main purpose of the game is to avoid stacking your tiles till the top, and to do that you have to stack the tiles up so that it forms a straight line from the left corner all the way the right corner. That way, that line would be regarded as ‘cleared’ and disappears from the box.

Introducing the tetrominoes. These are the stars of the show! The pre-set tiles you will often see when playing a game of Tetris. Although just being small little squares. It can cause pure joy and sadness depending on when it decides to appear as your next tile you need to add to your tower.

My favorite one would be the one in light blue, fourth one from the left on the picture. It brings much joy when it appears, but bring sadness when you need it the most and it doesn’t appear. Often, when I’m playing, I tend to play in a way, where I leave a gap just nice for it to fit in. Always anxious to get that one long piece so that I could clear up four lines at once. But when I don’t get it, it would just stack higher and higher. Bringing me closer to the ‘game over’ screen.

I’ve grown up playing Tetris. Even up till now, it’s still one of the most engaging and exciting games that allow us to relax our minds from the stressful daily life we all lead.

Earned this today: Tetris, still plays an important part of my life. Do you happen to have one such habit?