Tetris Is Getting A Jacked-Up Red Bull Version
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Tetris Is Getting A Jacked-Up Red Bull Version
Red Bull made a remixed version of Tetris, the Rubik's Cube, and other mind games to promote quick thinking (and energy drink assistance). Red Bull is releasing its own, new twist on one of the most ageless formulas in video games with the release of TETRIS M1ND BEND3R. The game starts out like the standard that gamers across generations know and love, until special blocks create Matrix-altering effects that will require quick gameplay adaptations (and for clarification's sake, the space into which the tetrominoes fall is officially known as the Matrix, and is unrelated to the virtual goings-on of Neo and Trinity). The game-altering blocks, which randomly appear as black and white question marks, will activate when a row containing one of them is cleared. Then an ensuing effect will randomly be selected out of a possible 10. These include blocks disappearing, blocks being reorganized, the game speed increasing, new rows of blocks being added to the Matrix, all of the on-screen tetrominoes being flipped upside-down, and more. Activating multiple M1ND BEND3R effects in a row will increase the score multiplier, making quick reactions to these significant game alterations key to achieving a high score. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY TETRIS M1ND BEND3R is part of a collection of games under the Red Bull M1nd G4m3rs brand, all available on an official M1nd G4m3rs website. These are all games meant to exercise the brain by making use of atypical patterns of thinking. In addition to Red Bull's take on Tetris, there's a Rubik's Cube game and other not-necessarily-branded games meant to exercise memory, visual thinking, creativity, strategy, musical ability, and logic. The philosophy behind TETRIS M1ND BEND3R is that, while Tetris is already a game that requires quick, spatial thinking, the added M1ND BEND3R effects will defamiliarize the player with the process of playing Tetris that may otherwise become routine, and in doing so, exercise the brain, so to speak. Plus, the game's creators surely wouldn't mind some responsible Red Bull-assisted gameplay, as far as that can help with quick thinking. To play TETRIS M1ND BEND3R, visit the Red Bull , which, in addition to a number of other brainy games, includes a system to track high scores online and compete against others looking to train their brain too.