Can You Always Win a Game of Tetris?

The math behind the game of Tetris

Sep 7, 2020

If you played the game perfectly, could you always win a game of Tetris? Or is there some sequence of blocks that could force you to lose the game, no matter how good at the game you are?

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Benjamin paul

Jun 4

am a kenyan, a computer science education student. Brian has been one of my best computer science teacher ever! Thanks brian

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Huy Bui

Dec 5, 2020

I love the visualization, explanation, and content of the video. It has a logical flow from how the game being played and how to tackle the question. A counterexample was provided to prove a statement is wrong which is mathematically rigorous. And then you added a constraint on how the block can be selected to make the problem harder. This is what researchers always do. I enjoy this video. Very thoughtful and inspiring. Well done!