Comments on: “The blocks didn’t fall right” — Something did not work out as it should have

By: Dean Strelau

Dean Strelau — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:07:59 +0000

I feel like this should be “blocks” not “stones.” Honestly, I’ve never heard “stones” used as a synonym for Tetriminos.

By: drx

drx — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:19:52 +0000

Dean, thanks for the comment! Maybe it’s a euro thing calling them “stones”?

Are there more expressions for these elements lots of video games are made of? (The German word is “Klötzchen”.)

By: DeadOn...

DeadOn... — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:09:46 +0000

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By: cpb

cpb — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:31:17 +0000

i’m late in this discussion, sorry. you probably have heard of the “tetris effect” that describes the influence the playing of a game can have on your daily mental states, choices and actions. interestingly, the french entry on wikipedia theorizes the “tetris effect” at another level: the application of natural selection to artificial intelligence. it’s sometimes better to choose an okay solution to a problem (heuristics) that comes quick to mind than to spend a long time finding the exact solution (algorithmics).
so it gives a kind of positivistic attitude to the expression you proposes: yeah in the end it doens’t work perfectly, but until then, we had fun piling up the blocks (we say “bloc” in french), and at least we accumulated points! and maybe new species will come out of the wrongness (game o’ life style?).
it’s too bad you don’t feed this blog anymore…