I spotted Tetris1D on Addicted Geek (who I really must stop stealing so many links from) a few days back, and proceeded to get all riled up about its misrepresentation of dimensional space. I realise it’s a joke, and all, but, nonetheless, here’s a quick interview with the game’s creator, zigah.

Isn’t the game, in fact, 2D, given that the pieces are technically made up of squares, which, by their very nature, have area? One dimensional space is normally just length or width - by giving your pieces both, you’re extending it a dimension.

In fact, even the smallest pixel on a computer screen is not infinitely small, and is a square or at least circle-like, so it is 2d.

Maybe you should consider the tetris1d squares as being a representation of infinitely small mathematical points, just zoomed a bit to make it easier on the human eye and to enable playing.

Without bending your mind a bit, you will never see the things hiding behind corners…

I get the feeling that I got pretty effectively shut down with the last sentence. “Stop being a pedantic bastard and enjoy the damn game” is, I believe, the message. Which is a pretty fair call.

By the way, twinoo, another game on zigah’s site, is well worth checking out. Described as “The First MoMPG (Mono MultiPlayer Game)”, it’s like playing Brain Training for both brain hemispheres at once.