Happy Birthday Dear Tetris! Happy Birthday to You!!!
I started playing Tetris on the classic Game boy during the long family road trips on our vacations. My brothers and I used to share one Game boy and took turns playing it in the backseat of the car. I remember how amazed my older brother would get when I was able to get farther than any of them. Level 8 was fast but it wasn’t so hard. And damn was that game addictive.
When Tetris DS came out for the DS a few years ago, I became addicted to Tetris again and started playing online with friends and occasionally against some really tough Japanese opponents. I was still pretty good at the game and even entered a tetris tourney at Penny Arcade Expo(PAX) one year. I made it all the way to the second to last round but was eliminated by a fellow Canadian. That was definitely a fun experience.
I don’t use my DS wi-fi to play games online anymore but that doesn’t mean I have stopped playing Tetris. I still play every so often. Most recently I played Tetris against a friend who only wanted to play against me if I had a handicap. He did pretty well (with my handicap that varied from 2-4) and even won a few times! I blame the headache I had at that time for ruining my concentration. Heh 
Tetris is a game anyone can pick up and get into. It’s a puzzle game so it may be easy to start but a little more challenging to get the hang of it. But its a great way to pass the time if you need to wait somewhere, during long trips or even if just during a break. It has remained one of those games everyone can enjoy. From Girls to Guys, Tetris, has been making people addicted for the last 25 years. And more and more I hear of girls who are really skilled at it. <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYDeW0xkCzs”>Utada Hikaru</a>, a popular Japanese pop artist, is one such girl. She had a Tetris competition in Japan a few years ago to promote Tetris DS.
At work the other day, my coworkers were talking about how good they were at Tetris. One girl used to play with her sister when she was 11 and says she is the best at that game, the other guy claims he is the Tetris Champ. We plan to have a tetris tourney at work to settle this. Whether you enjoy playing Tetris alone or with friends, You will enjoy playing it (period).
Happy 25th Birthday to a dear friend. Thank you for all the addictive fun you have given us all these years!!!
PS- I’m selling a Tetris Tee on Ebay.
