In which John examines what's driving the improvement in scores among high-level players of the 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System's version of Tetris. (And also what we might learn from the Tetris community.)

You can now join Life's Library, our new book club:

If you want to learn more about Tetris (AND YOU DO), enjoy the incredible drama of the Classic Tetris World Championships:

Tetris players featured in this video include:

The seven-time champion Jonas Neubauer:

New world champion Joseph, whose video of getting to Level 31 is one of the single most beautiful things I have ever seen on YouTube:

Hypertapper extraordinaire Koryan, seen here playing Jonas:

As you might be able to tell, I am a huge Tetris fan. It is the most perfect video game ever made don't @ me.
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