724: Hell
| Hell |
 Title text: There's also a Katamari level where everything is just slightly bigger than you, and a Mario level with a star just out of reach. |
[edit] Explanation
Tetris is a game where the player has to manipulate falling blocks into forming complete rows. This comic is a play on this, presenting the player with a version of the game with a curved bottom that renders forming rows nearly impossible. Hell is a religious concept of a posthumous punishment for wrongdoers, depicted in many religions as eternal torment.
The title text presents similar situations where frustration is likely to occur.
Also see comic 888: Heaven, which presents an opposing situation in which the game is trying to help the player win.
There is a playable version of this comic at swfme, which, unsurprisingly, is frustratingly difficult to play.
[edit] Transcript
- [A basic Tetris screen is depicted, with a next piece indicator, score and top score, and level listed as 01. The bottom of the pit is curved into a semicircle. A square and L piece are sitting crookedly in the pit; an S piece is falling.]
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Shine (talk) 18:20, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Guess what, this is actually scorable. The trick is to form a solid base with your blocks, and play normal tetris over that. 116.76.175.236 13:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure if saying the hell came "cannot be won" is worth saying. Keep in mind, the regular game of tetris can't be won either. 70.31.159.230 01:29, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
"In Soviet Russia, game wastes time with you!"?! 31.111.2.74 23:28, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
