13-Year-Old Becomes First Person to Beat Tetris by Reaching Kill Screen
• 13-year-old Willis Gibson recently became the first person to "beat" Tetris by reaching level 157, the game's "kill screen".
• Tetris, created in 1989, is a puzzle game where falling blocks must be strategically positioned. It has no end and is considered nearly impossible at level 29.
• Willis, known as Blue Scuti, has competed in Tetris since 2021. When he reached the kill screen, the game froze and showed he only reached level 18 due to coding limits.
• For decades, gamers have tried hacking Tetris to "beat" it. In 2010, Thor Aackerlund reached level 30 using a finger-vibrating technique.
• In 2021, an AI program called StackRabbit was the first to reach Tetris' kill screen before Willis achieved this human feat.