It's the simple things in life you treasure

[serai]

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Tetris is 25 years old today.


It's true, Tetris has really hung on. Nobody plays Donkey Kong anymore. Minesweeper? Pfft. Only if you're stuck at work on a really shitty computer. Really old games sometimes enjoy a brief nostalgia fling, but Tetris has always been there, never flagging in popularity. I think it's the simplicity of the game that does it. As the article above points out, it has no characters and no shooting. It's the archetype of what I call geometric games, that have to do with moving inanimate bodies through space to fit together or combine. Until the dash games came along, this is the class of game I always favored, because the geometrics tend to free my mind; I don't have to think about them in the same way as other games, so they're more meditative for me.

Anyway, check out the article. It talks about the history of the game and the guy who designed it back in 1984. Did you know the game was created in Russia?

Comments

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Tetris ROCKS!!

[samena.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I've been pretty much addicted to all of these games at some time in my life, either in a hand-held version or on the computer. And let's not forget Pac Man. I miss those games! I still play Minesweeper on MSN sometimes.

And I did know Tetris was Russian. The little tune it has really sounds Russian, too. here it is. :)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Tetris and PacMan, my drugs of choice of yesteryears.

/is nostalgic.

[gloryunderhill.livejournal.com]

OMG, I feel SO old! I'm with ya on the geometry games. I do prefer the meditative game over the tension-filled ones. Probably the reason I like simulation games as well. Geesh, Tetris is 25! Please don't tell me how old the Infocom games are. *pops a Geritol*