After playing Wordle for three months and becoming a mod on /r/wordle, I’ve analyzed every possible starting word for greens, useful yellows, narrowing the solutions, and trap avoidance. Now, here’s the culmination of my. Research: a fighting game character tier list! Every character here is playable and ranked by their effectiveness in Hard Mode. Go […]

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 11: Puzzle game music From Tetris Effect (PS4, 2018) Multiplayer modes are coming, but will they use the VR environments and keysounded music that made this the best classic Tetris? Source: YouTube and Hydelic, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 1: Title screen music From Mighty Milky Way (DSi, 2011) For the next month, I’ve planned an epic journey around the gaming universe. Hard Mode is too easy, so I added my own rule: No repeat consoles! Let’s go! Source: Jake Kaufman and YouTube, challenge by […]

A clean matrix is a happy matrix. In multiplayer Tetris, if you can perfectly clear all the blocks from your screen, it sends your opponent half a screen of garbage. Tetris art guru Shuey shows us that it’s possible to perfect clear with your first ten tetriminos every time. With clever usage of twists, the […]

Puyo Puyo Tetris‘s Swap mode is really good! It’s 25 seconds of Tetris, then 25 seconds of Puyo Puyo, back and forth until someone loses one of the games. It’s like chessboxing. At PAX South 2017, I put my Tetris stacking up against Puyo master heavenchai in this intense final match. Watch for the twists! […]