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From besting Tetris AI to epic speedruns – inside gaming’s most thrilling feats

  • Written by James Dawes, Professor of English, Macalester College

After 13-year-old Willis Gibson became the first human to beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris, he dedicated his special win to his father, who passed away in December 2023.

The Oklahoma teen beat the game by defeating level after level until he reached the “kill screen” – that is, the moment when the Tetris artificial...

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