Tetris (PC)

Tetris is a popular computer video game based on a simple mathematical tesselation principle that was created by a Russian Computer Engineer. It is popular on mobile phones, or forum arcades and can be bought for various consoles, although this review concerns Tetris on the computer. You can play Tetris for free at this web address: http://www.freetetris.org/ Tetris is a game of several levels. Earlier versions of the game are 2D however 3D Tetris has also been created. At the start of the game, the user simply sees an empty space surrounded by walls along either side and the bottom, with the top access to this "space" being open. One ...  Read the complete review

In today's society we abuse superlatives, we call even the most ordinary of albums "Classics" and with some video games actually selling as part of a "Classics" range it's no wonder the word has been devauled in recent times. Pop albums are described on a regular basis as being a classic before their release, not after they've gone on to long lasting appeal or broken down the barriers of something. Albums like "Thriller" which set a bench mark for all to follow are well deserving of the title of classic but many more recent albums aren't. The same is the case in the video game world, of course some games are all time classics like ...  Read the complete review

Tetris. An all time classic to describe it simply. However, for those of you who have never heard / played of it, firstly, shame on you! Where have you been? But secondly, read this review to understand the phenomenon that is tetris. ~~ What is tetris? ~~ As my title says, tetris is a game based on quadominoes, which in everyday terms are 4 little squares joined in arrangements to form blocks of 4. These can be in a 2 x 2 square, 4 in a row, an L shape or a strange little shape with two rows, offset by one block. The objective of the game is to control these shapes which descend from the top of the screen to the bottom in such a way to ...  Read the complete review

Tetris is one of the all time classic games. It won many people's hearts with it's addictive, genre defining gameplay and it's (at the time) originality. The aim of the game is to line up as many different shaped pieces as possible in order to clear various rows of the grid, and earn as many points in the process. Players are constantly striving for the 999999 points mark in which the game no longer has any more levels to advance to or points to gain, but still continues to play regardless! In my opinion this game is the most fun of all of the Tetris games, because it isn't overcomplicated and is extremely easy to pick up and play. The graphics and the sounds ...  Read the complete review

Those crazy Russians, what will they think of next? Well not Tetris as this hugely popular video game has already been created by Alexey Pazhitnov in 1985 and became famous for its simplistic enjoyment, frustratingly difficult levels and expensive court battles. If you are interested in the history of the game and its subsequent lawsuits, you can read it all at: http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/tetrishist.html, but this website doesn’t include the phone call made on the eve of Mr. Pazhitnov’s epiphany, which was thankfully recorded by Russian spies or something like that. (I don’t know do I? It’s only pretend anyway) - “Hello Boris, it’s ...  Read the complete review