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You Can Keep A Game Of Tetris Going Forever. Here’s How.

Provided some tips — like those from tetrisconcept — you can keep a game of Tetris going forever. All you need is a Tetris game that randomly generates piece sequences, a hold feature, and at least 3 piece previews.


The Weirdest And Most Exciting Tetris Lookalikes

The original Tetris, released in 1984, is one of the most well-known and played games in the world. But for those who’ve played the game to death and moved on to a wider variety of games, it could feel like Tetris is missing that extra love it needs to be exciting again.


NES And N64 Controllers Drop The Bass In This Mashup Music Video

Video game soundtracks have been around for more than three decades, if you count back to the doomp-doomp of Space Invaders. This mashup video, created by Ithaca Audio, folds in bits of audio from Tetris, Street Fighter and Sonic next to tracks by David Bowie, Michael Jackson and the old-school Doctor Who theme.


EA Readies Short Attention Span Tetris

Coming soon to Android and iOS, Tetris Blitz takes the lightning round concept of Bejeweled Blitz and applies it to the world’s most beloved poozle (Russian for puzzle, probably) game. This does not mean you won’t spend an hour playing Tetris in the bathroom at work — you’ll just get a lot more games in one sitting.


Flashback: Tetris Impressions From The ’80s

A brief exchange on Twitter yesterday got me wondering how the media covered Tetris back in the day before that game’s release. I couldn’t find a lot of previews of Tetris from the late ’80s, but I did find a few.


Gaming App Of The Day: The Sweetest Game Of Tetris You’ll Ever Un-Play

For decades now the world has been obsessed with the stacking of tetrominos, passionately rotating and placing odd geometric shapes in a never-ending quest for the perfectly-packed screen. We have to learn to let go. Dream of Pixels can help.


Mornings Just Fall Into Place When Your Coffee Comes From A Tetris Mug

To be honest, this Tetris mug would probably drive me crazy. I would fill it with my morning coffee and then wait for that one long piece to fall. And I’d be waiting forever, because it never, ever will.


Next Week, The New York Times Has A Tetris Surprise

Congratulations are in order for Kotaku reader Caleb, who wrote a crossword puzzle that the New York Times will be publishing next Thursday, October 25.


Turn Your Home Into A Russian Nightmare With Tetris Furniture

Tetris-inspired furniture may not be new, but in this case, it’s never looked better.


Nintendo Games Turned Into Edgy, Sexy Pin-Up Pics

Artist Keith P Rein is noted for his colourful and erotically charged illustrations. What do you expect when the P in Keith P Rein stands for penis.


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