OPINION: The Benefits of Playing Tetris for Brain Health

Who doesn’t know Tetris? Maybe for those of you who live in the 90s, you already know this game from Gamebot, which can be purchased at toy stores or on old school cellphones that already have this game. I myself as a child in the 2000s who knew this game from my teenage years and until now I still play this Tetris game even though I play on Android.

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UPDATE: EA has discontinued support for its Tetris game. But that doesn’t mean Tetris doesn’t exist anymore. Tetris is still available on Playstore with a different publisher.

For those of you who still don’t know about this Tetris game, here I will explain a little bit as a start. Tetris is a game where blocks of blocks are arranged to make one or more horizontal rows to get a score. The blocks can also be rotated as desired to make a line. The higher the score, the faster the game will be, and in which case the game will run slower when it first starts.

Of course, this game also has a limit on how many high blocks can be accommodated. Therefore you are required to arrange blocks of blocks to form one or more horizontal rows to get a score, and the blocks that make up that row will disappear. And that will make room for the next block of blocks. If there is no more space for the blocks, then game over. You are considered lost.

And for those of you who are curious whether Tetris can end or not? The answer is no! Tertris can’t be finished. The only way to finish it is by not playing this game. (I forgot where I got this answer from)

Then what’s the fun of playing this game when this game can’t be finished? After all there’s nothing else to do but stack blocks and get scores?

Now that’s what makes this old school game fun, namely Score. With the score, players can compete with other players to find out who is better on the Tetris leaderboard. although the game is simple but there must be a point of difficulty. And the point of difficulty of this game is to reach the highest score and at the same time surpass other players. With a system like this, players feel competitive in this game. This game can also be played offline if you don’t have a network.

Now I will discuss about the benefits of playing this old school game, including:

Train Logic
Actually this game in my opinion is an educational game. Where the player must use his own logic to create a line that can produce a score. Yes, it’s more or less like Rubik’s Cube which also uses logic, but Rubik uses exact formulas while Tetris doesn’t. Tetris provides an convenience where the player creates his own conditions to score. So whether it’s easy for a player to get a score depends on how the player’s own logic is to create a comfortable situation to get a score. So believe it or not, your logic will be honed in this Tetris game.
Think Fast
Indeed, at the beginning of playing Tetris the speed was slow so it gave more time to think before placing the blocks. So it can be more santuy first. However, the higher the score, the faster the tempo of the game. And this is where you as players are required to think faster. Think fast in the sense of thinking to overcome situations where you can place blocks in the right place to create scores in the shortest time. Of course your logic still has to play. So here you indirectly hone your skills to think quickly and make the right decisions in a short time in random situations.
Calm
And the last one is calm. In this game you can also hone your calmness in taking an action. Just imagine. when you are in a state of urgency and almost lose, try to stay calm so that your logic and speed of thinking is maintained. That way you can take appropriate and efficient actions in getting scores at high levels. And here again you are required to be calm in the face of a good situation even in a state of urgency.

This game still has ads if you play online. However, the ads will not interfere with the gameplay. And if you want to get rid of the ads, you just have to turn off your cellphone’s cellular data before playing.

Indeed, playing Tetris can’t just be one or two times. must be done continuously and make sure you also understand the concept of this game to get the benefits. If you lose play again! Lose again! That’s the process. No one can instantly be good at one try.

That’s my post this time. This is just an opinion from my point of view. So I apologize if there are mistakes in my discussion this time. Or you can comment below to add my opinion.

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