i <3 nostalgia

one of the things i liked so much about tetris is that i can play it effortlessly and just.. let my mind wander. i like to play it when i have a difficult problem in my life that i feel i must work out. the mechanical jibber-jabber of my fingers lends itself well to the split concentration needed for my unconscious to spit out what it's percolating. in times of trouble, tetris is my panacea.

i also like it because it's basically the only problem-solving game i was ever any good at. i purposely fuck some of my games up just so i can work out the problem further on down the line. it's no oregon trail, sure, but that's frighteningly far-sighted for my way of thinking.