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tetris friends: all tetris, all the time

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Like Tetris? Then you’ll love this website that features all the Tetris you can handle – 24-hours-a-day, 7 -days-a-week, 365-days-a-year.

Tetris Friends is an online gaming experience that offers a bunch of Flash-based variants on the classic puzzler by Alexey Pajitnov.

The site currently features 7 single-player variants of the game, along with 3 multiplayer games, including this over-the-top 6-player mode.…

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June 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun retro video games

put your plants in tetris pots

tetris block planter tetromino pot garden grasso

If you can manage to keep potted plants alive, they might as well be in Tetris planters. Really, what else are you going to put them in? This gorgeous project is classy and cool.

Hmm. Better with or without the grass?

The grass is nice, but those planters could hold almost anything (delicious candy! paper clips!) in style. But whatever you’d…

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June 18th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun video games

tetris constructed on shirts

tetris shirt reece ward

If you loved the last giant Tetris piece posted here, then this may just be your kind of shirt. Why build regular, boring buildings when instead you can turn construction into the world’s biggest game?

Though I’m still waiting for a flash game based on this crane-heavy concept (and no, the bright colors in Sim City don’t count), I can still enjoy…

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June 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: design geek art + craft retro video games

trash panic: ps3 gomibako finally gets a u.s. release

trash_panic_ps3

A while back, I told you guys about a strange little PS3 puzzle game out of Japan called Gomibako. At the time, there was no indication that the oddball trash-stacking game would ever have any hope of making it stateside. So I was grinning from ear-to-ear when I got a message from Sony today that says that the game is…

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June 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

the future is now: diy gesture-controlled tetris

tetris glove motion control

If this year’s E3 is any indication (and it’s like, the indication), then motion controls are the future. If you’re cunning and good with wires, you can even experience the future now.

This is pretty basic–as strange as it is to refer to motion controlled gaming as basic–considering this glove is just a holder for an accelerometer, so that the tilt…

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June 4th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods interactive technology video games

world’s biggest and best tetris game is also sadly fake

erik johansson tetris

Swedish artist Erik Johansson has both delighted and disappointed me today. His digital art and image manipulation is top notch, and anything influenced by Tetris is of course awesome. But as great as this piece is, it’s terribly sad, because I cannot play giant Tetris.

This is just begging for someone to make a flash game for this concept: using a…

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May 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft strange + wonderful video games

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

tetris machine: the blocks get real

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This collaboration between UK mixed-media artist Chrissie MacDonald and photographer Dominic Lee envisions what Tetris might look like on some newfangled 3-dimensional computing platform that uses physical blocks to let you play the classic Russian puzzler.

The whole thing seems slightly impractical to me – with only that much height, and blocks that can rotate to any angle – I…

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March 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech geek art + craft quickpix technology video games

nes quilt celebrates nostalgic diversity

nes nintendo quilt craft custom pixel 8-bit

There’ve been a lot of bad-ass 8-bit quilts spread across the Internet, but usually, they’re dedicated to one game, serving as a showcase for a single NES-era memory. Not so with this quilt; this bad boy is more about the entire experience, so it’s fitting that it’s called “THE” Nintendo Quilt.

The gang’s all here… even that horrible dog from…

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February 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft technology video games

8-bit video game neckties probably won’t pass as formalwear

tetris_pong_ties

I’ve made it my goal in life to never have another job where I have to wear a suit and tie to work. But if I ever find myself in that situation again, I know exactly what I’m showing up to the office wearing around my neck.

These retro video gamer ties are perfect for making a statement when you…

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February 8th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun retro technology video games

nintendo game boy costume plays tetris [cosplay]

gameboy_tetris_cosplay

Sighted at last week’s Ohayocon 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, some dude went all out with this life size Nintendo Game Boy costume that’s actually playable.

The cardboard Game Boy shell is a little janky, but the wearer deserves mad props for the fully-functional Game Boy emulator, running Tetris on a laptop screen. You can see it in action in the video…

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February 7th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

add never-ending tetris to your wall

tetris wall decal vinyl retro game etsy

Anyone can play a game of Tetris; the Russian classic is available in dozens of formats, and there are clones and knock-offs aplenty. You can even go the Soylent Green route and make your Tetris out of people if you are so inclined. But why not step head and shoulders above the rest and plaster a perennial game of Tetris on your wall?…

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December 15th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: design geek art + craft video games

tetris hits the streets (somewhere) in australia

Giant Tetris Sculpture Lights in Sydney Australia

I came across these magnificent falling Tetris block sculptures snooping around over on Flickr earlier today.

When I first stumbled onto these images over on Justin James’ Flickr gallery, all I could figure out was that they’re a) giant Tetris pieces and b) they were seen somewhere on the streets of Australia. Given a land mass of over 7,686,850 square kilometers, I…

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December 9th, 2008 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft video games

tetris and breakout piggy banks help you pinch pennies

Atari Breakout and Tetris Piggy Banks

Remember when it cost just a quarter to play your favorite arcade games? What would you say if I told you that you could play two Atari arcade classics for just one red cent a game.

While these pint-size versions of Breakout and Tetris aren’t totally faithful to their arcade counterparts, they only charge a single shiny copper penny to…

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November 29th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys retro video games

tetris bracelet: your bricks are on my wrist

Retro gamer girls – here’s a fun accessory that lets you wear your 8-bit fanaticism on your sleeve (or at least on your wrist).

This handmade Tetris resin bracelet is embellished with a scene from the classic block-stacking puzzler. Created by Warsaw artist Sylwia Calus (a.k.a. “Sisicata”), its painstakingly detailed with tiny colorful bricks, infused into a clear resin cuff.…

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November 10th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

little big planet plays video game classics on the ps3

I just started playing Little Big Planet on my PS3, and while the built-in levels are truly a sight to behold, the really wondrous thing about the game is all of the community content that’s starting to surface. I was buzzing about the LBP world last night when I came across some great arcade classics, all brought to life with…

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November 1st, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: retro video games

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