#15 - Luis Aguasvivas: Tetracast ~ The Episode with Four Titles ~ 4x4 ~ Title-omino

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Luis Aguasvivas, writer for PopMatters, his own site, and numerous other video game journals, joins me for an episode primarily about the video game Tetris. The episode is a journey from very poignant and personal reflections on the way the game has impacted Luis to funny moments about speed-running board games to the history of Tetris to many other shapes and places that you’ll have to discover on the way. In addition to linking his written work above, Luis also contributes to the Homo Ludens channel, and here’s just one of the videos featuring him.

Intro & THE GAME: Tetris (0:00)

In the “chapters” era of ICE, this is the longest chapter yet. We discuss what makes the game so special, early memories of it and other formative games, why it’s better than Vampire Survivors (my apologies...), the Tetris Effect & Tetris Effect: Connected, and a whole bunch of other things.

The Movie and/or why the pieces don’t stack up quite right: Tetris (1:06:54)

A pretty self-explanatory chapter title, but Luis shares some other ways in which the extremely crazy history of Tetris has been captured well in different mediums.

Board games inspired by Tetris, which was inspired by a puzzle game itself (1:17:50)

It’s hard to capture the entire feel of Tetris in a board game, but we have a good talk about some good, puzzly games with tetromino pieces nonetheless.

Tetris in Real Life (1:30:40)

From making sandwiches to the aforementioned speed-running board games, there are a lot of ways in which we process patterns and can look to Tetris for guidance.

Wrap-up Questions (1:49:19)

A text on Luis’s mind and projects he’s working on. Fans of Kingdom Hearts should tune into this.

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