Bastard Tetris
Posted by Ray @ 12:55 am
Someone made a tetris game that uses an algorithm specifically designed to thwart your skills as a puny human.
Unfortunately, it’s for linux.
Fortunately, Mac OS X is based on linux unix.
Even more fortunately, some guy on slashdot has helpfully tipped us on how to compile the thing on a Mac.
So I’ve kindly compiled it for Mac users, that you may suffer the agony of being defeated by a lowly game of tetris. Windows users are out of luck.
Before you click, this program is distributed under the GNU licence, and is presented AS IS, with no warranties whatsoever. It’s been tested on Mac OS 10.3.9, but I suspect it works in earlier versions just fine.
Here it is. Unzip it and double-click on “bastet” to play.
[Link, via /. via pressthebuttons]
Edit:
No sooner had I written this up when Zeng informed me the strip had been updated. Enjoy!
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Mac OS X is NOT based on Linux but on BSD Unix.
Comment by Jerome Chan — Tuesday, April 26 2005 @ 5:46 am
Shit, how do you leave comments on the strip? Or is that impossible? Anyway, it’s fucking fantabulous. Cheers. I wish I could double link you guys or something.
Regards,
J
Comment by J Schnorng — Tuesday, April 26 2005 @ 6:31 am
Mac’s based on Darwin aint it?
Comment by Garry — Tuesday, April 26 2005 @ 10:29 am
Mac OS X is NOT based on Linux but on BSD Unix.
My bad. It is indeed Unix-based, not linux-based.
Garry: a little googling tells me Darwin is based on BSD Unix. So… you’re both right.
J: Nope, we don’t have a way to comment on the strip. I’ll investigate the feasibility of using Wordpress’ comment system on the separate db I use for the comics, just as soon as exams are done; no guarantees, though. Your site (and others) will be linked as soon as I can re-organize Squarebrain’s sidebar… “The Big Fuck” next to “Count Your Sheep” is just incongruous.
Comment by Ray — Tuesday, April 26 2005 @ 12:51 pm