Happy Birthday, Tetris!
Porting DOOM to everything that’s even vaguely Turing complete is a sport for the advanced hacker. But if you are just getting started, or want to focus more on the …read more Continue reading Happy Birthday, Tetris!
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Play Giant Tetris On Second-Floor Window
Sometimes it seems like ideas for projects spring out of nothingness from a serendipitous set of circumstances. [Maarten] found himself in just such a situation, with a combination of his …read more Continue reading Play Giant Tetris On Second-Floor Window
Tetris Goes Round and Round
You’ve probably played some version of Tetris, but [the Center for Creative Learning] has a different take on it. Their latest version features a cylindrical playing field. While it wouldn’t …read more Continue reading Tetris Goes Round and Round
Tetris Goes Full Circle
As a game concept, Tetris gave humanity nearly four solid decades of engagement, but with the possibility for only seven possible puzzle pieces it might seem a little bit limiting. …read more Continue reading Tetris Goes Full Circle
Tetris on an Oscilloscope, the Software Way
When we talk about video games on an oscilloscope, you’d be pardoned for assuming the project involved an analog CRT scope in X-Y mode, with vector graphics for something like …read more Continue reading Tetris on an Oscilloscope, the Software Way
Tetris Clone Uses 1000 Lines of Code, and Nothing Else
If you’re programming on a modern computer, you typically make use of lots of work done by other people. There’s operating systems to abstract away the complexities of modern hardware, …read more Continue reading Tetris Clone Uses 1000 Lines of Code, and Nothing Else
Smashing Security podcast #320: City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again?
Two unsavoury websites suffer from a worrying leak, scientists are going animal crackers over AI, and the BBC is intercepting scammers’ live phone calls with victims. All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Sm… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #320: City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again?
Tetris Joins Minecraft and DOOM In Running a Computer
There is a select group of computer games whose in-game logic is enough for them to simulate computers in themselves. We’ve seen it in Minecraft and DOOM, and now there’s …read more Continue reading Tetris Joins Minecraft and DOOM In Running a Computer
GB Interceptor Enables Live Screen Capture From Game Boy
[Sebastian] had a tricky problem to solve. Competitors in a Tetris tournament needed to stream video of their Game Boy screens, but no solution readily existed. For reasons of fairness, …read more Continue reading GB Interceptor Enables Live Screen Capture From Game Boy
Tetris Clock Gets Talkative Upgrade
Tetris is arguably one of the most popular video games of all time, and its famous bricks have become cultural icons in themselves, as seen in this clock build from …read more Continue reading Tetris Clock Gets Talkative Upgrade