Last evening we had the privilege of traveling to State College to perform our new material. During the 3 hour trip, Megan and Joe pulled out a head lamp and a game boy and proceeded to play Tetris. That’s right, you can’t get much more old-school than playing Tetris on car trips, that is unless you have one of those Tiger hand-held LCD games (ah, the memories).

While we were waiting for our ears to pop from the elevation changes on the trip, we discussed the lore behind the game of Tetris. Megan thought that Tetris was based on some sort of physical game; I scoffed at her. Joe claimed that you could actually win at Tetris; I said, “Not possible.” Personally, I have never done it, so I stand firmly on the opinion that you can’t ever win Tetris. Joe gave detailed descriptions of what it was like when you won and from what he says, there are dancing Russian girls and a space shuttle. I don’t believe it.

One thing you must know about Joe is he is a josher. He will say absurd things that sound true with a straight face to try and dupe the gullible in his presence. Joe does this so often that it’s hard to tell when he’s telling you a factiod that is actually true.

So, in light of this evidence, should I believe him, or stand stubbornly on my initial opinion that you can’t win at Tetris?

A super huge thanks to Jesse, Eric, and Shane from Roustabout. We had a great time playing and look forward to coming back soon! Maybe by then I will have played enough Tetris to win or prove Joe wrong!