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I grew up in the 80's and have a ton of nostalgia for the Game Boy and NES versions of Tetris. But after getting used to modern variants (TGM, Tetris Effect, Tetris 99, etc.), the …

I don't think so, unfortunately. The first few locations in the game are all pretty safe, it's not until you get to the parts around KFC and the church that people start going back…

(Disclaimer: this post applies to the arcade map, the console map is a different beast) The Crazy license ($20k) is an interesting benchmark. In one sense it's the end of the game;…

Yeah, 1v1 TGM didn't leave a good first impression on me because the items seemed wild and gimmicky, something designed for casual play, not competitive. But I eventually came arou…

TGM actually has a pretty interesting 1v1 system. I wish it was more popular. Most other Tetris games (all that I've played, at least) throw randomized garbage at the opponent. It …

It doesn't, although its randomizer does favor some pieces over others: https://harddrop.com/wiki/Tetris_(Game_Boy)#Randomizer

0.001K ought to be enough for anyone.

This reminds me of my favorite bug at my first programming job. I worked on a system that processed benefits. We generated a lot of reports, one of which being the overage dependen…

Monday morning task: reply to this tab from Friday afternoon, haha. Quite a few puzzle games came out in the late 80's and early 90's, probably hoping to be the next Tetris, but mo…

I love IPAs, but the market is definitely oversaturated with them. And after a while a lot of them just kind of blend together, so over time I've lost interest in trying new ones a…

I wish there were more "medium" themes. I usually find light modes too harsh, but I think that's because the background is often pure white or close to it, as opposed to something …

Yeah I don't play the lottery, but I could justify buying a single lottery ticket despite understanding how horrific the odds are. Since you'll almost certainly lose, I think the t…

The varied art in the old sets made the game feel "big" to me, like it was this giant bazaar of oddities that I was sifting through and piecing together in a unique way. Nowadays i…