Here’s a feel-good story to start the New Year!
According to a front page of the website story in the New York Times, Willis Gibson – a 13-year-old kid from Stillwater – became the first documented person in world history to beat Tetris.
Yep, that’s right! Stack up the blocks and wait for the long one! The world’s greatest Tetris champion is a teenager from Oklahoma.
Via The New York Times:
On Dec. 21, Willis Gibson, 13, put his hands to his head and rocked back and forth in an office chair in his bedroom in Stillwater, Okla., unable to believe what he had just accomplished.
His screen had frozen, and his Tetris score read “999999.”
“Oh my god,” Willis repeats in a high pitch, in video of his triumph that he uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, as he collapses into his chair. “I can’t feel my fingers.”
Willis had just become the first person to advance so far in the original Nintendo version of the puzzle game Tetris that the game froze, achieving a feat previously credited only to artificial intelligence.
That’s awesome! In case you’re bored and want to play along with your eyes at home, here’s a video of his achievement: