I Am Lumines

9 Apr 2005

I'm still working on my longer "why I love my PSP" post - held up mostly because I can't stop playing the damn thing. But I did want to take time out to note the accomplishment of last night.

Easily the best puzzle game to come out in recent history - some would even argue it's better than Tetris - Lumines (pronounced luminous) is a seemless hybrid of a falling block puzzle and a music game. Thousands of people have already fallen victim to it's addictive and deceptively simple gameplay, catchy music, and sharp graphics.

The back of the box asks, "Are you Lumines?" To that, I respond:

Level 107.
329,467 points.
Well over 2600 blocks removed.

That's right, I finally got to Lights.

Am I lumines? I believe the answer is "Hell yes".

Posted by Dan Dickinson on Saturday, April 9, 2005 at 11:44 AM

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Tangentially Related:

  • Holy shizorz!!! My top was 52k..I never thought your score was even possible! Well done.



    And for most PSP owners, Wipeout Pure is a must-have (like Lumine).

  • You are sick. I still am in awe that I thought I was mercury with level 27 and 40,000 points.



    You are sick!

  • Nick!

    Wow, that’s pretty much the same place I died when I finally got Lights too. And at the same time, it’s depressing because of the skin at 999,999 points, and knowing you have to start over again since Lights takes an hour to get to in the first place. sigh So that’s 3+ hours to get the last skin in challenge mode. Gah.



    But it’s worth it.



    It’s the only game I’ve played on the PSP so far that hasn’t made me go ‘blah’ (quite the opposite). Hoping Mercury is also a keeper.

  • flargh

    FU.

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Dan Dickinson is a 29 year old living in Jersey City, New Jersey. He works at the strange intersection of collaborative technologies, education, software development, and medicine. His passions include finding unexpected paths and connections, music/rhythm video games, interesting food, and backchannels. This has been his primary (vivid) weblog since February of 2000.

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