Playing to Lose, Chris Higgins' profile of Tetris players competing at the highest level at the 2012 Classic Tetris World Championship is an engrossing read. Originally published in issue 7 of Marco Arment's iOS-only The Magazine app, the report tells of the story of two friends each striving to achieve the maximum high score in the NES version of Tetris: 999,999. The feat has only be accomplished seven times.








