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Sep 22
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I finally got around to playing Tetris on my iPod and I was pretty disappointed – the overly sensitive wheel just doesn’t work. I’ve been gaming for many years now and this has all the hallmarks of a ‘stretch’, the iPod’s click wheel is bound to be good for some games and bad for others and this should have never happened. The QA guys should be throwing out anything that doesn’t work well, but Tetris is one of the most popular handheld games ever (if not THE most popular) so of course it made it through
I lost count of how many times I put a block in the wrong place, even though I know where I wanted to put it – the slightest brush of the wheel moved it along by 1 column and the rest is history (a tedious history, given that there’s no ‘restart’ option). At the time of playing, I was sitting still but this “click-wheel-tenderness” must be SO much worse if you’re on a train or bus – exactly the place you’ll probably want to play it. Now I know that people will say “you just have to get used to it” (or “lol, u is teh noob” depending how ill-educated they are) but you know – I really don’t, I have played Tetris on more platforms than I can count so why bother playing an ill-suited version, I’ll just stick to my mobile or DS.
Additionally – iTunes seems to have listed Pixar Short Films on iTunes, I’m not sure when this happened but it doesn’t say NEW next to it so maybe I’m missing out? Anyway, having downloaded one (For The Birds) so when I’ve watched it I’ll post my opinions.