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− | {{w|Tetris}} is a game where the player has to manipulate falling blocks into forming complete rows, which will then be deleted and give | + | {{w|Tetris}} is a game where the player has to manipulate falling blocks into forming complete rows, which will then be deleted and give point to the player. 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. {{w|Hell}} is a {{w|religious concept}} of a posthumous punishment for wrongdoers, depicted in many religions as eternal torment. Here the Tetris player feels he is in Hell when he tries to play this game. |
− | The title text presents similar situations where frustration is likely to occur. ''{{w|Katamari_(series)|Katamari Damacy}}'' is a video game in which the player controls a sticky sphere which grows by assimilating objects smaller than itself | + | The title text presents similar situations where frustration is likely to occur. |
+ | ''{{w|Katamari_(series)|Katamari Damacy}}'' is a video game in which the player controls a sticky sphere which grows by assimilating objects smaller than itself - so extremely frustrating if none of the objects available is smaller than your sphere. | ||
+ | ''{{w|Super_Mario_(series)|Super Mario}}'' is a long-running franchise of platforming games; in most of the games which utilize a 3-dimensional engine, levels are completed by collecting large, golden stars - so very frustrating if one is impossible to reach. | ||
+ | The last part may also be a suggestion to the Greek depiction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus Tantalus] in hell; being stuck in a pond, but you cannot swim to the edges of it. You are hungry and there's an apple right above you, but you just can't reach it. | ||
− | + | Also see comic [[888: Heaven]], which presents an opposing situation in which the game is trying to help the player win. | |
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− | + | There is a playable version of this comic at [http://www.kongregate.com/games/banthar/hell-tetris Kongregate], which, unsurprisingly, is frustratingly difficult ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFPscApObs but not impossible]) to play. | |
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− | There is a playable version of this comic at [http://www.kongregate.com/games/banthar/hell-tetris Kongregate] which, unsurprisingly, is frustratingly difficult ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFPscApObs but not impossible]) to play | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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[[Category:Video games]] | [[Category:Video games]] |