Have you ever watched a competitive Tetris game? If not, you should absolutely do yourself a favor and check out a tournament or two. You’ll probably be surprised by what you find fast-moving fingers, incredible skill, passionate commentary, and most importantly, a beautiful community that cheers one another on and uplifts all players. In matches, Tetris lovers battle it out against one another, but they also work together to push the game forward as a whole. And if there’s one person you’ll want to watch play, it’s Willis Gibson, also known online as “Blue Scuti,” the first person to ever BEAT Tetris. Yes, we said, beat Tetris. So you know he’s good. And happily, now you can do just this, in our exclusive clip from Legendary Entertainment’s powerful coming-of-age documentary, BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher.
Take a look at this enthralling clip from BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher below.
It’s 2024. The Classic Tetris World Championship is happening in Pasadena. Players are locked in. The announcer’s mouth is moving a mile a minute. Fingers are moving quicker than the speed of light. We can’t help but be sucked into this Tetris game. But even as we lean closer and closer into our screens to watch these feats honed by practice and time, we can’t help but notice how excited everyone is in this BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher clip. All the players are focused, but cheering one another on. It’s beautiful on many different levels.
And that’s what BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher is all about. The official synopsis for the film shares, “When 13-year-old Willis Gibson becomes the first person to beat Tetris, his life changes overnight. BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher is a coming-of-age story about overcoming grief, the power of community, and the rise of an unexpected internet legend.”
The idea of beating Tetris seems too big to comprehend, a feat impossible for a human to undertake. But Blue Scuti did it, stunning the gaming world and finding himself at the beginning of a riveting story. BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher certainly is a tale of victory, but it also deals with poignant themes of grief, connection, community, and healing that will resonate with any and every viewer.
If this exclusive clip from BLUE SCUTI: Tetris Crasher has you eager to know more about the story, you can see the whole film when it premieres on June 11 at the Tribeca Film Festival. You can get your tickets now at https://tribecafilm.com/films/blue-scuti-tetris-crasher-2025.
And remember, internet legends aren’t born, they’re built one block at a time.
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