![]() ![]() Indeed, the move pushes back against decades-long habits that have become so ingrained as to be dogma, rules that may one day threaten to stagnate our fastest growing entertainment industry. ![]() Such decisions will become increasingly necessary for any classic IP that wishes to remain relevant in our quickly shifting industry. But with two key releases in the past six months, they have. The developers know they don’t have to change what works so well. Over the decades, the game’s core competency–spin blocks, destroy lines, stay alive–has barely wavered. Jumping on the flagpole is not the “Mario ” sniping an alien headshot is not the “Halo ” completing your block house before dark is not a “Minecraft.” And yet as I drop the slender slab into its waiting valley, the word “TETRIS” flashes on screen accompanied by that tell-tale bell ring diphthong and I feel like I’m home again. That this action is called a TETRIS is a clue to the game’s self-confidence: No other game would be so boastful as to name its finest moment after itself. Even now, thirty-five years after the first time, it still feels good to drop a long block into a narrow shaft and erase four lines at once. “ Tetris” might be the perfect video game.
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