Game:

Tetris (1984)

Duration: 2:51

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Another thing that makes Lumines intrinsically relaxing, besides the audiovisual delirium you may or may not encounter if you play it too much, is the fact that it's deceptively slow-moving... for a time. And even then, it lacks the fatalistic speed increases that you'll find on say the likes of Tetris as you proceed far enough along.

Don't get me wrong, it does increase, and you'll see surely enough that it happens to give me more than enough to worry about while I'm still supposed to be focused on making matches out of the game tiles. Like with any other such game, the effectiveness of this increase disrupting your playing ability will reduce with practice, although I think I'll mention once again just how out of that I am.

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Challenge Mode
Skin 07: Talk 2 U

Considering the skin's name, there's really not a lot of talking going on here. Honestly, a lot of them just seem to flow together and I become less able to distinguish between them. Never mind the fact that there are definitely some that borrow in various ways by sampling the others... or maybe I'm just imagining that because I've been playing a puzzle game for an abnormal stretch of time in a row. Maybe it's like the Tetris effect for the ears... that's a pretty scary thought.

I'm a little surprised how much havoc I was able to wreak upon the fallen puzzle pieces in light of how clearly distressed the puzzle piece falling speed had caught up to my unprepared self. Then again, when pieces fall faster in any such game, it tends to have a focusing effect on your perception of what's going on below. You start looking for whatever it is that would make an ideal home for the piece on deck and make sure to waste no time in maneuvering it to that location... well, hopefully.

I must say, this skin was incredibly short...in play and in watching again after the fact, I still can't get over that. It's probably just to further confuse my sense of timing and duration for these various stage transitions. Lumines must keep you on your toes!