SAN FRANCISCO – A 13-year-old in Oklahoma is believed to be the first person to defeat the original Nintendo version of Tetris, the falling-block video game. Willis Gibson, who goes by the alias “blue ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game ...

As AP reported, Willis hit Tetris’ kill screen on Level 157, well past the point it was designed for. At level 29, the blocks start falling faster than the game processes controller inputs. It took ...

A 13-year-old boy said he is the first person to beat the original Tetris and reach the game's kill screen. The teen, who goes by Blue Scuti on social media, posted a video Tuesday on his YouTube page ...

Willis Gibson, 13, became the first player confirmed to have "beaten" Tetris on Dec. 21. Gibson, known online as "blue scuti," reached the 157th level of the four-decade-old Nintendo classic before ...

Game Rant writer for over 3 years! Trevor is a lifelong gamer who loves all types of games, but especially RPGs, platformers, and Fortnite. Ever since popping in the cartridge for The Legend of Zelda: ...

The Tetris community has reached another major milestone, with 16-year-old Michael "dogplayingtetris" Artiaga becoming the first player to clear level 255 and achieve the mythical "rebirth" — ...

The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it.

What just happened? Tetris is not designed to be beaten. Throughout the game's history of nearly 40 years, people simply assumed that it was designed to continue indefinitely until the player lost.

A 13-year-old streamer, Blue Scuti, became the first ever human to beat the classic game of Tetris on NES. Blue Scuti broke 3 world records in total — including that monumental accomplishment — during ...