I know it's terminally uncool to love tetris, but I used to be a big fan and this version by Gud magazine is a delight for anyone who's ever dreamed of better 2D spatial co-ords. Back in the day, when I was a trying to be a convincing Computer Science student, wrestling with queuing algorithms while trying to find the "on" switch, I found tetris a fantastic escape. All the cool kids were playing first person shooter or empire building games that called for cunning strategy and more cunning finger contortions, but I was impervious to their scorn of my tetris devotion. Some things are just too enjoyable to give up for coolness sake.
A few days ago, a friend sent me a link to an xkcd cartoon which made me smile in recognition. The perfectly shaped tetris segment falling from the sky. An interventionist god of small things. Whimsical, charming, ironic, what could be better? An actual working version, it seems, inspired by the cartoon, implemented by the clever folks at Gud magazine. If you've ever loved tetris, you have to give it a spin. I couldn't help belly laughing every time the sonorous chord of heavenly favour sounded and a misshapen block floated down.
Long live tetris in all its hallowed forms.
http://www.gudmagazine.com/games/heaven/
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Is this a pic of your home? http://imgur.com/r/pics/55hHg
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