# The Revolution in Classic Tetris | The New Yorker

<https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-revolution-in-classic-tetris>

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## What Jamie wrote

Tetris is my favorite video game, still to this day. I liked it so much that Tammy and I had a [shower tiled in Tetris](https://www.thingelstad.com/2009/05/03/tetris-shower.html). My favorite Tetris implementation these days is [Tetris 99](https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/tetris-99-switch/) on the Nintendo Switch, playing in Marathon mode. The controls are great, and the visuals are simple and don't get in the way of the game play. 

However, I’m not the kind of Tetris-savant that is described in this article.

> Hong was stunned to learn that his strategy of scoring Tetrises by dropping long bars into a left-side gap was suboptimal. Due to piece-flipping mechanics, a right-side gap was superior.

There is Chess like strategy in Tetris, but you have to do it in an instant. 

> When Joseph won the tournament again, in 2019, he inspired more young players. In 2020 alone, a hundred and thirty-one players maxed out; between 1990 and 2019, eighty-seven players had maxed out. Kids had killed the Tetris curve.

Personally when I play Tetris after a while my eyes start to burn because I don't blink, and your mind leaves normal space and you just see the tiles flipping and falling. Until the end. And then you just want to play again. 🕹

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