13-year-old boy becomes first person to 'beat' Tetris
They said it couldn't be done, but to the nay-sayers let me tell you this — Tetris has finally been «beaten».
In a world first, 13-year-old Willis «Blue Scuti» Gibson — who is a competitive Tetris player — has managed to get the decades old falling block game to reveal its «kill screen». While not your traditional end of game, with credits or even game over message, this screen essentially sees Tetris crash. This is beating Tetris, a once thought impossible feat.
The delight shown by the young player, who was born over two decades after the game actually released, as the screen freezes is palpable. «Oh my god,» Gibson repeats. «I'm going to pass out, I can't feel my fingers.»
It took Gibson 38 minutes to complete the game, where he reached an impressive level 157 and a score of 999999 (the numbers don't go any higher).
«When I started playing this game I never expected to ever crash the game, or beat it,» he wrote on his YouTube channel. Here, he also said this run also set world records for Tetris' «Overall Score, Level, Lines, and 19 Score».
You can watch his achievements in action via the video below.
This Tetris feat has been celebrated across the media, with president of the Classic Tetris World Championship Vince Celemnte telling NYT: «It's basically something that everyone thought was impossible until a couple of years ago.»
In a sad state of affairs, however, Gibson's achievement has been met by scrutiny from one Sky news anchor. Following a report on this new record, the presenter looked pointedly at the screen informing Gibson to «step away from the screen» and «go outside» to get some fresh air.
«Beating Tetris is not a life goal,» she seemed to mock. All the while, news regarding 16-year-old Darts
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