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I noticed this Bastard Tetris (bastet) when I re-synced Portage tree, it’s a ncurses-based game, a very special one. I am not a fan of Tetris games. No, I didn’t spend hours and hours sitting in front of game console or ancient computer trying to make one more line after another.

At first, when I read Portage tree description: “a simple, **evil*, ncurses-based Tetris(R) clone.”* I had no intention to try it out even I was curious about the word evil in the description. I did put it into my to-try list, but it’s because of it’s ncurses-based. However, when I was checking out its website, this got my interest when I read its description:

Have you ever thought that Tetris is evil because it never sends you that straight “I” brick you need to clear four rows? Well, Tetris(R) probably is not so malevolent, but Bastet certainly is. >:-> Bastet stands for “bastard tetris”, and is a simple ncurses-based Tetris(R) clone for Linux. Instead of choosing the next block randomly, this fiendish program uses a special algorithm to give you the worst possible brick. Playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!

The last part woke up my inner cat. I got to try it! So I emerged it and this was from the first minute playing:

I started to understand why it’s evil… A few moments later:

I am 100% sure, it’s not only evil and a bastard but also definitely comes from hell. I stopped to pile up the squares, then I got other types of brick, but in the end:

I only cleaned up one line. Believe me, I didn’t try to end the game quick. It just didn’t give me the bricks I want all the time.

What a !@#$%^&* game!