Consider this: out of all the video games that have been released since the birth of the personal computer, Tetris is still played with the core experience in most iterations being the same to this day. We have professional careers and tournaments for Tetris, but at the same time it’s so accessible even children and the elderly who don’t know what a computer is can play it.

Sure there are other games that are more complex, actually have a story (while Tetris doesn’t), are more accessible, and have endured as long as it has (if not more so). spacebar clicking

But there aren’t many games that are better than it in all aspects.