Tetris Japanese style

The Japanese have an uncanny knack for taking things that other people come up with and making them better (for example cars, electronics, etc. etc.). They also have a reputation for having some really quirky TV programming, especially their game shows.

I was introduced to their latest blending of the two by my friend Riaz a few months ago. It is a show called "Human Tetris". Almost all of us have played Tetris and then had dreams involving Tetris and some real life related activity for the next few weeks.

The show is kind of like those dreams, 2 teams of contestants go through a series of rounds as a fast moving wall approaches them & they arrange their bodies so as to allow the wall to pass and leave them in the play area.

I think it's just brilliant. Thanks to Youtube you can even watch an episode without even leaving this page.



Here are the previous four:
One, two, three, four.

If you like these, look around on Youtube, you will find a bunch more, like this one.

I am gonna go play some Wii Bowling now ;)