Silver anniversary: Tetris turns 25, to celebrate with motion-based game

Posted Jun 6, 2009 at 2:42PM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: News, Off Topic Tags: Maria Sharapova, Russia

There are three things that I will forever be grateful to Russia for - vodka, Maria Sharapova, and the patriarch of puzzle games, Tetris. Today, June 6th 2009, marks the 25th year after it was conceived by its dad, Alexey Pajitnov.

Tetris is more than just a game, it's an institution, an icon, and inspiration behind the hilarious Japanese Human Tetris game show. To celebrate this milestone, Tetris rights owner Blue Planet Software plans to unveil a motion-based Tetris game later this year.

Details are still a bit scant at the moment, but Blue Planet Software president Henk Rogers has revealed that they plan to unveil a motion-based Tetris game at the Burning Man Celebration this year. The controls will involve a guy standing on a certain platform, using his motions to interact with the pieces falling on a huge screen. No word on which console this game is to be demoed on or released for.

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Never found any Tetris variation anywhere near as pure and addictive as the original one (the Gameboy version being the most ideal) and I can't see a version using some sorta motion sensing (I've still yet to play any game where I actually liked motion sensing as the primary control input) being any better.

# Well — SeRosiS 2009-06-07 02:18

Tetriabetes homebrew for the PSP kicks some major @$$ and definitely improves on the original.

# Bad Google — Silverback 2009-06-07 04:49

Google chose to honor the 25th anniversary of Tetris over the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

Where's the logic in that?

# people did not die for tetris to save our country! — MMPSP 2009-06-07 05:48

agreed!

# ... — GodGates 2009-06-07 05:57

No one likes to be reminded of war... (I think) so they chose Tetris.

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2009-06-08 06:34

1. You can't celebrate everything.

2. 25 is a milestone, 65 is not.

I'd rather celebrate a happy note.

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