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Developer(s) | California Dreams |
Publisher(s) | California Dreams (computer versions) American Technos Inc. (arcade version) |
Designer(s) | Aleksander Ustaszewski, Mirosław Zabłocki |
Platform(s) | Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Commodore 64, Amiga, PC, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Apple IIGS, Macintosh |
Release date(s) | Arcade version: Mega Drive/Genesis
Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Blockout is a puzzle video game, published in 1989 by California Dreams, developed in Poland by Aleksander Ustaszewski[1] and Mirosław Zabłocki.
The game is the logical extension of Tetris into the third dimension. In regular Tetris, the player manipulates a set of tetrominoes which fall into a two-dimensional pit (seen from the side). The aim is to solve a real-time packing problem by forming complete rows, which then disappear and score points. Poor play leads to incomplete rows, caused by inefficient arrangements of tiles; these rows do not disappear, giving the player progressively less space and less time to play subsequent pieces. Similarly, in Blockout, the player manipulates a set of polycubes which fall into a three-dimensional pit (seen from above; the pieces appear in the foreground and fall away). The pieces can be rotated around all three axes, and moved horizontally and vertically. The aim is to form complete layers.
Game modes[edit]
Home computer[edit]
The game allows the player to choose the set of blocks they will play with and the size of the pit. Pits range from 3x3x6 to 7x7x18, giving a total of 195 possible pit sizes (counting e.g. 3x5x6 and 5x3x6 as identical). Three block sets are available — flat, basic, and extended — making a total of 585 possible game modes.
Under "Main Menu", three of the possible 585 game configurations are recommended to the player. These are called "Flat Fun", "3D Mania", and "Out of Control", and use the flat, basic and extended block sets respectively. Other features of the game include:
Demo mode: This is not a pre-recorded game of an expert playing, but a well-programmed bot that plays a good game in any given setup. The bot finds smaller pits and more complex block sets more difficult, and achieves correspondingly lower scores.
Practice mode: A game where the pieces do not move down with time. The player can manipulate the pieces for as long as they like before dropping them into place with the space bar. This is very useful for beginners learning to navigate the 6 keys required to rotate in two directions around each of three axes. Practice mode scores are not recorded in the High Scores file.
The player can choose one of five starting rounds, each with its own difficulty and block set. In each round, the goal is to complete a set number of layers ("faces"). Extra points are awarded for completing multiple faces with a single block, clearing all the cubes out of the pit (a "Blockout"), and completing a round. If the blocks stack up to the top of the pit, the game ends.
A bonus stage is played after every fifth round, in which the player has 30 seconds to complete as many faces as possible in a small pit with rapidly dropping blocks. If the blocks reach the top of the pit, the stage ends and the player continues to the next round.
High scores[edit]
The Blockout Halls of Fame list the top ten scores ever in each one of the 585 permutations. Scores can be submitted to the site, and the high score database is updated about once a year. World rankings depend on number of appearances in these tables and scores achieved, suitably corrected by "M-factor", which captures the varying difficulty of different game modes. A world championship is held each year in Germany, usually in Ingolstadt in November.
There is also a new realtime online high score database. Players can upload not only their high score, but also their entire game, and watch replays from others. This allows players to learn by watching the playing and stacking techniques of other gamers, and to identify possible fake high scores.
Polycube block sets[edit]
The flat block set consists of polycubes that all fit into a single layer. These are effectively just two-dimensional polyominoes with thickness added, and include all but one of the members of the n-polyominoes up to n=4. (The tetromino consisting of four squares in a row is excluded.)
The basic block set consists of the seven polycubes present in a soma cube, all of which are polycubes of order three or four:
- The "L" tricube
- T tetracube: a row of three blocks with one added below the center
- L tetracube: a row of three blocks with one added below the left side
- S tetracube: bent triomino with block placed on outside of clockwise side
- Left screw tetracube: unit cube placed on top of anticlockwise side. Chiral in 3D.
- Right screw tetracube: unit cube placed on top of clockwise side. Chiral in 3D.
- Branch tetracube: unit cube placed on bend. Not chiral in 3D.
The extended block set consists of all n-polycubes up to n=5. This is a block set with 41 members, consisting of the single cube, two cubes together, the 2 tricubes, the 8 tetracubes, and the 29 pentacubes.
Critical reception[edit]
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The New York Times reviewed the game in an article about educational software for mathematics, writing that Blockout "doesn't pretend to be educational, but the skills required to master it are not unrelated to mathematics, particularly geometry."[1]
A 1993 study found evidence that playing Blockout improved the spatial visualization ability of 10- to 14-year-olds.[4]
The Atari Lynx version of the game was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #181 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.[5]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b L. R. Shannon: No-Frills Mathematics Instruction The New York Times, 23 January 1990
- ^ MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 6, page 76, June 1992
- ^ Mega rating, issue 9, page 23, Future Publishing, June 1993
- ^ NOSS, A. (1994): Förderung der Raumvorstellung bei 10- bis 14-Jährigen durch das Computerspiel BLOCKOUT. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna.
- ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (May 1992). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (181): 57–62.
External links[edit]
- http://www.blockout.de Website with a blockout game download, high scores, world championships and a guestbook
- http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/blockout.htm Information about different Blockout Releases
- http://www.3dtris.de/blockout_essay a Blockout Essay from Igor Vukomanovic about Blockout tactics
- http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/ GPL version of the original BlockOut


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The Kachemak Bay Birders' second Saturday birding trip will be on July 9 to Eagle Lake and the Jaeger Bog. Meet in the parking lot at the Homestead Restaurant (across from the Fritz Creek Store) at 8:30 a.m. to car pool or at the road by Eagle Lake at 9 a.m. Dress for the weather and walking through some wet, muddy areas. Expect mosquitoes. Bring binoculars. There is no charge and all are welcome to attend. The trip is cosponsored by the Kachemak Bay Birders and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. For more information, call trip leader Michael Craig at 235-0631.
The Cooperative Extension Service offers free testing of pressure canner dial gauges 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 9 at the Homer Farmer's Market. It is important to have pressure canner dial gauges checked annually to assure home pressure canned food is safely processed. Only the gauge or the gauge attached to the lid is needed for this testing. Weighted gauges do not need to be checked. There will also be free food preservation and gardening publications available.
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The Sixth Annual Homestead Games will be held 2-6 p.m. July 16 at the Kilcher homestead. The day of games, entertainment and food begins with hayrides and games with prizes for all ages from 2-4 p.m. The potluck, barbecue and bonfire begins at 4 p.m. There will be prizes for the best salad, main dish and dessert. There will be live music and open mic to share your songs, poems and old-timer stories. For more information, call 235-8713.
An improvisation workshop with Martin Zeller will be held 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. July 23 and noon-3 p.m. July 24 at the Art Barn next to the Anahata building on East End Road. The workshop is designed to expand narrative skills, heighten movement and communication awareness and explore group improvisation. Martin Zeller has taught and performed improvisation since 1985. Cost is $60. At least six and no more than 12 participants are needed for the class. For more information call 235-6589.
HoPP (Homer Playground Project) seeks volunteers to help its efforts of rebuilding Karen Hornaday Park Playground. Discussions about building a "hybrid" of traditional playground structures and a natural playground are now underway. For more information, visit HoPP's Facebook page.
Improve Hornaday and Bayview parks by supporting Families First in the Acts of Happiness online contest. Help by voting online each day through July 31. If the project receives the most votes, it goes to finals, where it could win the grand prize of $20,000 for improvements to both parks. To vote, visit www.actsofhappiness.com, click on attached link, then "Gallery;" in the search box type in "sweeping better playgrounds." Click the "vote" button. Every time you vote, you raise $1 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, which supports the program in Homer. For more information, call Jenny Martin at 435-7101.
Kachemak Crane Watch is working with wildlife biologists Gary Ivey and Michelle Michaud on a three-year project to learn more about the nesting ecology of the local lesser sandhill cranes. If you have information on where cranes nest or where they roost at night, contact Michaud at 399-3159 or email her at email@example.com. Do not approach nests, but report general sandhill crane, crane colt (chicks) and fledgling observations to Kachemak Crane Watch at email@example.com.


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Wichita police arrest two teenagers in sexual assault of 76-year-old woman
Wichita police said Monday that two teenagers have been arrested in a case involving the sexual assault of a 76-year-old woman.
The woman woke up to the sound of two male intruders, who kicked in a door at her house near Lincoln and George Washington Boulevard at about 5 a.m. Friday. At least one of the intruders was armed with a gun, police said.
After one of the intruders raped the woman, the two left with a couple of televisions and jewelry, the value of which was unavailable Monday, police said.
Police found the two suspects, ages 17 and 18, at a house in the 2400 block of East Mesita, less than three blocks away. They were arrested about 6 a.m. Friday.
The house is owned by a 22-year-old woman, thought to be the girlfriend of the 18-year-old, police said. Some of the stolen property was recovered from the house, where the owner was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting a felon.
The teenagers were arrested on suspicion of forcible rape, aggravated burglary and robbery. Charges are expected to be filed Tuesday, police said.
Wichita police Lt. Randy Reynolds, supervisor of the sex crimes division, said he does not think the two teenagers knew the victim.
"She had some physical injuries, but most of her injuries are obviously emotional," Reynolds said Monday.
He said the woman's husband had recently died, so she was living alone.
"Any sexual assault is disturbing, but it goes up to the next level when you victimize someone who's 76 years of age," Reynolds said.
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A small portion of my summer so far is sitting at home watching movies. I've been in a bit of a creative funk so I forced myself to do some "studies" of the films I watch. This batch includes the 2011 super hero smash hit, "Thor" and 2012's comedy of the year, "Mirror Mirror."
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
AM Squared
Here were some commission sketches from AM2 this past weekend.
WARNING: This is a judge-free zone (~ ̄▽ ̄)~
Lolita Korra |
Alex and Luna from Lunar |
Tuxedo Mask |
OTP: Ursula and Amon.. |
Met some wonderful artists and thanks everybody who came by !
Sunday, June 17, 2012
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
謝謝, ありがとうございます, Merci, Thanks
So I ended my 4 month Nickelodeon internship on The Legend of Korra this
week. It has been such a crazy/ good experience. Met a lot of wonderful
and talented people as I gained such a large amount of
knowledge. I was so lucky to be on a show that has gained such positive
response. I will miss all the wonderful relationships I made. I'll be
back next spring once I graduate, so until then!
As a parting gift I made these for everyone on the crew and other cool people at the studio:
Character Design class with Joel |
Nickterns Spring 2012! |
It's been real guys!
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Director: Leroy Jonze
Companies: Legend, Black Thunder Digital
Jessica Allbutt, Lil' Baby, Nikole Richie, Angel Eyes, Sunshine (I), Suckable, Vanessa Monet, Cherokee (I)
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: All-Sex
Director Leroy Jonze lets the camera roll on four African-American girl/girl pairings that are completely lacking in originality and spontaneity. However, most of the girls still do their best to turn in decent performances despite the intensely formulaic conditions, and Holla Black Girlz 6 does yield a few hot moments.
Angel Eyes and Cherokee both showcase their plump backsides elegantly for some baby oil treatment, followed by pussy eating and dildo poking. Hotties Lil' Baby and Vanessa Monet take turns passionately massaging coochies with tongues, and the juice really starts to flow in Monet's nether regions when she opens up for business with a sizable white dildo.
Finally, in action that differs from the rest found in the production, Suckable and Sunshine mix it up when they have a good time simultaneously grinding on a double-ended dildo.
Retailing: Only the diehard fans of black girls eating pussy need apply.


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Upcycled Plarn Grocery Tote
this idea is awsome! what a great way to recycle the plastic bags.
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I have been making bags like this for years thanks to my daughter showing me how to make them. I have met so many people while working on them in airports and the like. They are so durable and great conversation pieces! I love the colors you used. It is a brilliant way to recycle. Although I put out an email at work that I needed bags and one person had been saving them for 7 years!!! So, be careful:-)
I was at a craft show and bought one of these bags. The lady that made them added a strand of yarn with her plarn. I absolutely love this bag. It is a little bigger than your pattern. I take it to the grocery store and you can LOAD it up. Very sturdy. I crochet and decided to make one. I made the plarn without any difficulty, but when I tried crocheting it I had a very hard time crocheting the plarn. I found it very hard pulling my hook through. I was using a P plastic hook. I was unable to do it as my left hand started hurting just from pulling that hook through. Do you use a metal hook and if not do you think that would help? I would love to be able to make these. Thanks for your input
Thank you so much for the pattern and good job, can't wait to make some bags!


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