Us teenager claims to be first to beat tetris video game

US teenager claims to be first to beat Tetris video game

In a groundbreaking gaming accomplishment, Willis Gibson, a 13-year-old from Oklahoma, is believed to be the first human player to conquer the iconic video game, Tetris. This achievement comes 34 years after the game’s release. The momentous event was captured on video and shared on Gibson’s YouTube channel, where he can be seen reaching level…

Giant tetris game breaks records

Giant Tetris Game Breaks Records

Tetris has always been huge in the gaming world but never more so than last April when Frank Lee created a 29 story version of the game. Lee, a professor at Drexel University and co-founder of the Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio, has officially been awarded the Guinness World Record for largest architectural video game display….

Celebrating 30 years of addiction: happy birthday tetris!

Celebrating 30 Years of Addiction: Happy Birthday Tetris!

Thirty years ago, Alexey Pajitnov released a game he had designed in his lab at the Moscow Academy of Science. It was an innovation on a traditional Soviet puzzle game. Pajitnov released the new game June 6, 1984, and named it Tetris, combining the words “tetrominoes”, because it used five different tetrominoes (geometric shapes composed…

Top five nerd wedding themes

Top Five Nerd Wedding Themes

Is your wedding day near? Having trouble picking a theme? We’re here to help. Geek or not, we can all agree that weddings are probably the most joyous, yet tear-jerking moments of our lives. Although, many engaged couples and newlyweds complain that the planning of the wedding in itself was the single most hair ripping…

World’s largest tetris game played on philadelphia skyscrapers

World’s Largest Tetris Game Played on Philadelphia Skyscrapers

Have you ever stood beneath a skyscraper, looked up at the gleaming, imposing height and thought, “Wow, that would make a great video game”? Me neither. But apparently the Philadelphians did, because last weekend the City of Brotherly Love turned into the city of Tetris when two skyscrapers were appropriated for a special celebration of…