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  • How 'Puyo Puyo Tetris' tricked me into liking puzzle games

    by 
    Sean Buckley
    Sean Buckley
    04.26.2017

    When Larry Kasanoff said he was turning the world's most iconic puzzle game into a trilogy of science fiction movies, I was speechless. After a disaster like Pixels, how could anybody look at Tetris and think there was a narrative to tell? The game may be a classic, but the narrative potential of organizing falling bricks into horizontal lines seemed weak to me. Then I played Puyo Puyo Tetris. Kasanoff's sci-fi epic still sounds terrible, but somehow it pulls off the impossible: It builds an entertaining narrative from an abstract puzzle game.

  • Dojo update: The story of Pit

    by 
    Alisha Karabinus
    Alisha Karabinus
    09.03.2007

    Today's Dojo update is spoileriffic for those who want to discover every scrap of Adventure Mode for themselves. The official site included a video, which has been a pain to get -- it looks like everyone else in the world has been trying to watch it as well -- so we have a helpful YouTube version after the break for those who don't mind seeing Pit's introduction a little early. Time to stop watching and join the fight, Pit!