UpDownLeftRight

This is the radical brainchild of some russian guy. He made it in his basement for fun, and Nintendo bought it to sell on the Gameboy. Sadly, everyone else in the world ripped off the idea and started selling it left and right for who knows what systems.
Tetris is the most enjoyed game in the world. Everyone has played it. If you haven’t played it, you’re crazy. The different versions and publications of this game are approaching infinity. It’s in arcades. There are flash-based tetris games on the web. Your computer probably came with a free version of it. There’s a version if you want to play competitively. There’s a version if you want to play cooperatively. There are world leaderboards. There are country leaderboards. There are city leaderboards. The game is in every country in the world; even the poorest people play by pushing bricks of mud around. People have danced to Tetris. People have performed the Tetris music a capella. There are hundreds of techno remixes of the Tetris theme. People have dressed up like Tetris pieces and sat around in malls. Tetris has been played on the side of an officebuilding. Tetris has been played underwater. Tetris has been played in space. Tetris has been broadcast into space. It’s just ridiculous. (more…)