Mobile

Great, Now You Can Pay A Subscription To Play Tetris

Electronic Arts has figured out a way to make peopLe pay indefinitely for the privilege of playing Tetris. A 99-cent version of the classic puzzler just went live on the iOS store but, obviously, you’ll want more than the seven Tetrominoes that buck buys you, right? Right?


November 10, 2011
In Real Life

Video Games Represent Dangerous, Metaphorical Powers In ‘The Tetris Effect’ Short Story

The hardest lesson taught by Tetris is that success isn’t infinitely sustainable. Those blocks are going to get unmanageable at some point.


November 8, 2011
In Real Life

Listen To The Best New Album Of Video Game Music Right Now

Last week, we streamed a recording of the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing the theme from Modern Warfare 2. This track was from the orchestra’s upcoming album named “The Greatest Video Game Music”. Today, the album was released, and the nice folks at the London Philharmonic have allowed Kotaku to exclusively stream the entire album for a week.


November 2, 2011
In Real Life

Jimmy Kimmel Smashes Bandstand As Donkey Kong

Jimmy Kimmel went full video game for the Halloween airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The late night host dressed up as Donkey Kong, at one point tossing a barrel into the bandstand.


September 29, 2011
Nintendo

In The Case Of The Inferior New Tetris Game, I Declare The 3DS Not Guilty

How do you mess up Tetris? The answer, clever reader, is not: “Put it on the Nintendo 3DS.” The 3DS isn’t the problem.


September 27, 2011
Nintendo

The Pros And Cons Of Playing Futuristic Tetris

Nintendo 3DS will let you play augmented-reality Tetris. Augmented reality. Do you know what that means? Tetris on your desk. Tetris just floating out there in thin air for you to play.


September 26, 2011
In Real Life

1500 Post-It Notes Created This Tetris Game

Stop-motion Tetris games are a dime a dozen. But indulge us for a moment. This one uses a fantastic amount of paper.


September 24, 2011
PC

Minecraft: Enormous Tetris Stop-Motion Animation

The merry band behind the Bomberman mod for Minecraft have struck again, creating a colossal in-game stop-motion animation of Tetris — complete with a Game Boy surround (and startup screen!).


September 12, 2011
In Real Life

Tetris Art, Or, When Life Gives You An L-Piece, Use It To Create Luigi

There’s a guy out there who uses Tetris to create pixel art, and he just completed one of Luigi, nine months after a Mario effort that took 98 minutes start to finish.


August 30, 2011
Mobile

Free Tetris Is An Excellent Reason To Own An Android Device

With more than 132 million paid downloads on mobile phones, EA Mobile gives the Tetris sales a rest and just gives it away for Android devices. It can be found in the Android Market right now. Go play.