{"id":2389,"date":"2026-02-22T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/this-magazine-plays-tetris-heres-how\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:03:24","slug":"this-magazine-plays-tetris-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/this-magazine-plays-tetris-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"This magazine plays Tetris \u2014 here\u2019s how"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Red Bull GamePop magazine sitting on a small table covered in plastic Tetris pieces.\" data-caption=\"The world\u2019s first playable gaming magazine?\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/redbull_tetris2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe world\u2019s first playable gaming magazine?\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\"><em>Tetris<\/em> has been immortalized in a playable McDonald&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/retrododo.com\/mcdonalds-tetris-handheld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plastic chicken nugget<\/a>, a playable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7-eleven.com\/lp\/tetris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake 7-Eleven Slurpee cup<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/842702\/tetris-my-play-watch-smartwatch-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playable wristwatch<\/a>. But the most intriguing way to play <em>Tetris <\/em>yet is encased in paper.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Last year the <a href=\"https:\/\/tetris.com\/news\/tetris-r-and-red-bull-take-competitive-gaming-to-new-heights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tetris Company partnered with Red Bull<\/a> for a gaming tournament that culminated in the 150-meter-tall Dubai Frame landmark being turned into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbullcontentpool.com\/international\/CP-S-20356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world&rsquo;s largest playable <em>Tetris<\/em> installation<\/a> using over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/845269\/who-needs-bricks-when-you-have-drones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,000 drones that functioned as pixels<\/a>. Although the timing was a coincidence, Red Bull also published a 180-page gaming edition of its <em>The Red Bulletin<\/em> lifestyle magazine around the same time as the event, with a limite \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/881175\/red-bull-media-house-game-pop-bulletin-magazine-playable-tetris-flexible-display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s first playable gaming magazine? Tetris has been immortalized in a playable McDonald&rsquo;s plastic chicken nugget, a playable fake [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}