An Artificial Intelligence breaks records in Tetris

Tetris has become one of the most iconic games in history, not only for being one of the most popular video games of all time but also for bringing together millions of players in the ‘Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC)’ where they compete to be the best in said puzzle and skill game, and, despite the fact that these players have made an effort to improve their techniques to score more points, they have been vastly surpassed by an Artificial Intelligence.

The AI ​​named ‘StackRabbit’ was developed by Google software engineer Greg Cannon and uses advanced techniques to play and analyze each game to improve in order to develop more optimal strategies, that combined with superhuman reflexes have made it break all existing records and reach the ‘end’ of the acclaimed title.

Currently, the version used to compete worldwide is the 8-Bit video game created for the NES console, a title that becomes almost impossible when reaching level 29 where the speed is doubled, and, despite the fact that some people have managed to surpass said level, the game begins to display graphical glitches as the load on the old console’s processor increases.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the most skilled human player in Tetris is Joseph Saelee, who reached level 34; but nevertheless, Cannon’s AI managed to reach level 237 of the game with a score of 102,252,920 which he achieved by accumulating lines since the main strategy of the game is to accumulate sets of four figures in vertical mode and then undo them.

The game as such lasts one hour and five minutes in which the developer shows how the video game begins to fail, as it begins to use wrong graphic elements to assemble its figures, in addition to showing new colors or ‘designs’ of the highest levels.

The interesting thing about this game is that the machine never really lost, it was the game that really gave in and closed because it ended up overflowing its processing capacity, so level 237 could be considered the ‘end’ of Tetris.

Sailor Moon movie released in virtual reality that allows Pegasus to fly with Chibiusa

Get ready Sailor Moon fans, as you will be able to experience Serena Tsukino’s world from the inside thanks to the Virtual Reality ( VR ) version that is available on Viveport.

Thanks to a commemorative program of “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie” that was released in Japan in early 2021 and was available on Netflix, the VR company released a short version of the film in the aforementioned format.

According to the specifications, the Sailor Moon movie is compatible with the following headsets: HTC VIVE Focus Plus, VIVE Flow, VIVE Flow CT. It should be noted that it is available in Japanese and English with English and Chinese subtitles.

In addition to this, you must open an account on the Viveport platform with an email or by linking a social media account and pay a subscription of USD $179 per year or take advantage of the 14-day trial phase and if you are not interested in other VR content to cancel before the payment cutoff date.

We must not forget that Sailor Moon has had its well-deserved reboot since 2014 with the release of Sailor Moon Crystal, a project brought by the animation studio Toei that promised to be much more faithful to the original manga by Naoko Takeuchi. This film serves as an official continuation of said anime, as it could be counted as its fourth season.