{"id":1742,"date":"2010-11-05T01:31:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T08:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2010-11-05T01:31:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T08:31:23","slug":"game-15-blockout-sega-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/2010\/11\/05\/game-15-blockout-sega-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Game #15: Blockout &#8211; Sega Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117161105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1744\" title=\"OhSnap_0117161105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117161105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117161105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117161105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117161105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blockout is like a 3D version of Tetris, looking down a well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117291105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1745\" title=\"OhSnap_0117291105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117291105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117291105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117291105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0117291105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Except where Tetris is fun and addictive, Blockout is just plain suck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0120541105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1746\" title=\"OhSnap_0120541105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0120541105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0120541105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0120541105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0120541105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh look.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s some colored squares all the way down there.\u00c2\u00a0 I need to figure out which of the three buttons rotates the block in the right direction, then figure out how to line up the block with the hole I want to stick it in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0124191105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1743\" title=\"OhSnap_0124191105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0124191105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0124191105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0124191105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_0124191105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, on the other hand, I can just pile all of the bricks in one corner to make the game end and put me out of my misery.\u00c2\u00a0 That sounds like a better idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockout is like a 3D version of Tetris, looking down a well. Except where Tetris is fun and addictive, Blockout is just plain suck. Oh look.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s some colored squares all the way down there.\u00c2\u00a0 I need to figure out which of the three buttons rotates the block in the right direction, then figure out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172],"tags":[238],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}