Not sure what to do with yourself this lunchtime? Online games publisher Wildsnake has just made the latest puzzle title from Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov available for download. Dwice is a rather familiar looking block-sorter, in which you save villagers from an avalanche of snowy shapes. The press release elaborates:
"Match together the icy blocks that are the same shape or isolate them from their chilly friends to eliminate them from the board. Move fast because more blocks are always sliding down the mountain. Collect special power ups, like explosives, fire lines, and ice picks to help clear the blocks."
I admire Pajitnov's tenacity. For twenty years he has been designing games that involve irregular shapes succumbing to gravity and he clearly sees no reason to stop. This new human interest element adds a certain frisson to the recipe - I for one will be less inclined to masochistically let the shapes pile up at the bottom of the screen if I know that there are villagers trapped underneath.
