random fact #003
Jan. 28th, 2013 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulI spent an entire summer playing either Tetris and Dr Mario while listening to books on cassette.
I listened to Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Jurassic Park (abridged...several times because I owned it), Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (which I can still quote to this day).
You see, when you play Tetris in total silence, you concentrate too much, second guess yourself and end up making stupid mistakes. If you're listening to music, you end up singing along and getting distracted. But stories kept me just distracted enough but not so much I would make mistakes. I actually made it to the last level of Tetris. I don't think I beat it, but I remember the Kremlin blasting into space...
I listened to Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Jurassic Park (abridged...several times because I owned it), Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (which I can still quote to this day).
You see, when you play Tetris in total silence, you concentrate too much, second guess yourself and end up making stupid mistakes. If you're listening to music, you end up singing along and getting distracted. But stories kept me just distracted enough but not so much I would make mistakes. I actually made it to the last level of Tetris. I don't think I beat it, but I remember the Kremlin blasting into space...