Chopin’s Twist Guide
Most Tetris games made since 2001 let you twist blocks into gaps that seem impossible. Some of these setups can be used to help correct mistakes, and others are just for fun. Even if you only learn the...
View ArticleNew Games From Columbus
I’ve updated the Bakamo Studios site with a new post about three locally developed games that could use some hype right now. While you’re waiting for Evo 2014 Championship Series to start, why not...
View ArticleQBillion
From my pile of forgotten Game Boy carts comes QBillion. You have a top-down view of stacks of boxes. The goal is to reduce these boxes to a single flat layer. Once you wrap your head around that, it’s...
View ArticleKevin Birrell – Ti Classic Grand Master
Tetris the Grand Master 3 has the subtitle “Terror-Instinct”. KevinDDR has become the sixth player in the world and the first outside Japan to tame this beast and earn the rank of Grand Master in...
View ArticlePAX South 2017 – Puyo Puyo Tetris Tournament Finals
Puyo Puyo Tetris‘s Swap mode is really good! It’s 25 seconds of Tetris, then 25 seconds of Puyo Puyo, back and forth until someone loses one of the games. It’s like chessboxing. At PAX South 2017, I...
View ArticleShuey’s Perfect Clear Study (Phase 2 – Sparta!)
A clean matrix is a happy matrix. In multiplayer Tetris, if you can perfectly clear all the blocks from your screen, it sends your opponent half a screen of garbage. Tetris art guru Shuey shows us that...
View ArticleJake Kaufman – Mighty Milky Way Title
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 1: Title screen music From Mighty Milky Way (DSi, 2011) For the next month, I’ve planned an epic journey around the gaming universe. Hard Mode...
View ArticleHydelic and Kate Brady – Always Been but Never Dreamed
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 11: Puzzle game music From Tetris Effect (PS4, 2018) Multiplayer modes are coming, but will they use the VR environments and keysounded music...
View ArticleWordle the Fighting Game Character Tier List
After playing Wordle for three months and becoming a mod on /r/wordle, I’ve analyzed every possible starting word for greens, useful yellows, narrowing the solutions, and trap avoidance. Now, here’s...
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