Tetris and I were suffer just a month asunder . And what Cold War kids we were . Tetris was the inspiration of a immature Soviet computing machine engineer with a knack for building addicting games . I was the genuine minor of a couple of former hippie with a mo of a disco hangover .
I knew Tetris and I were run short to get along from the showtime . And we got along famously .
I ’m just the only one who became best friends with Tetris in the ’ 80s . Like a passel millenials , my experience with Tetris happened almost only through the Nintendo Entertainment System , which was plainly the good video game console of the time . With its colorful pulley , wacky music and simple gameplay , Tetris was a biz you could play for hours without even realizing time had sink . It was a game you could play with your parent who , despite their love of discotheque , did not like picture game . It was a game you could never play to the end because you may never mystify Tetris . Or so I think .
As the deed of conveyance suggests , Ecstasy of Order : The Tetris Masters provide a glimpse at the world ’s greatest Tetris player . Much asFistful of Quartersdid for Donkey Kong , this flick shore these master up on high pedestals showcasing not only how sickeningly good they are at the video biz but also how consistently committed they are to mystify their rivals . From humble paladin like Robin Mahara to the yearningly tough grand passkey Thor Aackerlund , the cast of characters is every piece as fascinating as the story itself . And it ’s surprisingly entertaining watching those little tetrominoes zip around the covert for an 60 minutes and a half .
More than anything , it ’s a nostalgic joy to think back to the days you ’d jump up on the couch after bewilder to level 12 … and then promptly fuck it up and lose . It ’s psyche - boggling to observe the lord get up to level 29 … and then discontinue the plot because they ’re so damn good . [ Hulu ]
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