Heaven is a Reality
Thursday, April 21, 2011
It took less than 24 hours for someone to turn an xkcd comic about Tetris into a real game. Bless you, Internet.
by Kevin Makice
A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.
The best things happen on the Internet when people pay attention. On April 1, Google did their traditional prank … only to see it become a reality a couple days later. It turns out, people pay attention all the time.
Yesterday, web comic xkcd gave us a panel entitled “Heaven.” Today, we get Heaven, the game.
After a rough week, there is something quite satisfying about getting just what you need when you need it. Thanks, Internet.
Tags:
game,
google motion,
homage,
paying attention,
programming,
tetris,
xkcd