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Mobile games are almost as old as console games, even though they seem like technology from the future considering how sophisticated present-day Androidgames can be. Vintage hand-held games had their charm, but today's mobile games have other perks like color, video, whole libraries of games, and online and multi-player capabilities.

Valentines Day is upon us, which means another great opportunity to buy gifts for your loved ones or yourself. For gamers, things become a bit more challenging, as the typical household gifts might not appeal to them as much, especially when shopping on a budget. But, depending on what kind of gamer you are considering getting gifts for, be it a fan of video games or tabletop games, there are plenty of options to choose from. So, weve put together a list of budget-friendly Valentine's Day gift ideas to help make the decision a bit easier.

Some people might call Tetris the perfect game, and its hard to argue with that. Created in 1985, Tetris has endured across generations and platforms, making its way onto essentially every platform possible. The game is simple and timeless, with one block falling at a time. There are a few basic shapes, like L-blocks, squares, and z-shaped squiggles, and the player must interlock the pieces together until rows fill the screen horizontally, which clears them, making room for more bricks.There are various ways to enjoy the core Tetris loop as a pastime some people like to relax and unwind, while others treat it as a challenge. Then there are the games that take the core foundation of Tetris and crank things up.The most obvious example of this is Tetris 99, the battle royale game on Nintendo Switch. Each player is locked into their own individual game that ramps up in speed until only one player remains. Some players get eliminated right off the bat in the initial churn, but that doesnt promise an easy match. Not only are you playing against dozens of other Tetris fans, but they sabotage your game by sending their overflow blocks over to your screen at the worst possible moments. Ive only scraped out a couple of Tetris 99 wins, and each one was a hard fought battle.With classic Tetris, difficulty can be scaled up through speed, too, with blocks piling up until they inevitably end the game. In January 2024, a 13-year-old gamer was the first player to beat NES Tetris, an astonishing feat that most thought impossible. The game is so simple, yet intuitive, that it can serve as a foundation for developers to wreak all sorts of havoc.Consider for instance, the curious case of Schwerkraftprojektiongert, a fan version of Tetris from Stephen Lavelle thats as hard to play as it is to pronounce. This version has four different games of Tetris playing at once, each on a different angle, and with gravity skewed so blocks can tumble from one game into another. Another solo developer ran an experiment called Terrible Tetris Tuesday, all about coming up with a new, unhinged take on the original game each Tuesday, like a version with sticky blocks, or one with a persistent fog of war.Reaktor, released in October 2024, looks like a game in this genre at first glance. The big twist here is that youre playing a game like Tetris, but with each turn, gravity moves like a windmill, and the player must build up a cube in the center rather than a line at the bottom. When you first see how the cube in the center of the screen can spiral out of control, it feels intimidating. But figuring out how to right your wrongs and adapt to building a cube is a fascinating challenge.I thought Tetris pieces were familiar friends, but Reaktor made me reconsider each one. I trusted you, L-block; how could you screw my run like this? Its always fascinating to see developers return to such a beloved title and figure out a new angle to complicate the classic formula. If youre interested in testing your brain against an evolution of the original Tetris, then a game like Reaktor is a great choice. Luckily, our cups will runneth over with new Tetrises for as long as people are making games, whether that be Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Tetris Effect, or a solo dev project that makes the comforting puzzle game much more challenging and mind-bending.

A new year has arrived, and while awards season is still at the front of everyones brains, one thing that might get lost is how many great movies are leaving streaming services at the end of January. Of course, there will be plenty of movies added to platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, and Criterion Channel next year, but for now, were focusing on the best movies leaving at the end of this month.This months selection of movies includes an underseen rock opera, one of the best movies of the 2000s, a paranoid thriller about American misdeeds abroad, and a nice pre-Oscars catch-up on one of Timothe Chalamets best performances.Here are all the best movies leaving streaming in January.Editors pick: Phantom of the ParadiseDirector: Brian De PalmaStars: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica HarperLeaving Prime Video: Jan. 31Of all the films Brian De Palma has directed in his over 60-year career, none encapsulate the definition of a cult film quite like Phantom of the Paradise. For starters, its a disco, rock horror-comedy inspired in equal parts by the legend of Faust, Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Gaston Lerouxs The Phantom of the Opera. Not exactly what one would call a four-quadrant crowd-pleaser.The film follows Winslow (William Finley), a gifted composer who is betrayed and disfigured through the machinations of Swan (Paul Williams), an insidious music mogul. Because of this, Winslow sets about on a mission to kill the mogul before he can further tarnish his lifes work. What begins as a story of revenge transforms into a star-crossed love drama and a parable of the commodification of art by the profit-driven perniciousness of the music industry. Its an exhilarating, strange, and wholly fascinating film worth experiencing. Toussaint EganBest movies leaving Netflix Zero Dark Thirty Director: Kathryn BigelowStars: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel EdgertonLeaving Netflix: Jan. 31Kathryn Bigelows 2012 film about Americas hunt for Osama bin Laden is a thriller paced like a war movie. The film follows Maya (Jessica Chastain), a woman of singular determination hell-bent on finding bin Laden no matter the cost, moral or otherwise. The film handles the dark side of Americas foreign policy with an unflinching eye, portraying everything from subterfuge to torture with the same quiet determination that Chastain brings to the lead performance. Its an absolutely fascinating film, and one of the most unique and harrowing made about Americas protracted war on terror. Austen GoslinBest movies leaving Prime Video Bones and AllDirector: Luca Guadagnino Stars: Timothe Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Michael StuhlbargLeaving Prime Video: Jan. 31No director working today is as good at communicating the bizarreness of love and yearning as Luca Guadagnino, so it should come as no surprise that his cannibal romance movie, Bones and All, is just as romantic as it is gory. The movie follows Maren (Taylor Russell) and Lee (Timothe Chalamet), two teens in love who both happen to be stricken with a rare compulsion to consume human flesh, as they travel across the American countryside in the 1980s. Throughout their journey they meet all kinds of strange characters, some friendly and some dangerous, but the movies best asset is Guadagninos gorgeous photography of Americas undeveloped, wide-open spaces, and the incredible performance by the now two-time Oscar-nominated Chalamet at the movies center. AGBest movies leaving Criterion ChannelNo Country for Old Men Directors: Joel and Ethan CoenStars: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee JonesLeaving Criterion Channel: Jan. 31The Coen brothers 2007 adaptation of Cormac McCarthys novel of the same name not only earned the idiosyncratic directing duo an Oscar, but vaulted McCarthys already lofty reputation to new heights, cementing both the film and its inspiration into the canon of contemporary American fiction. The film stars Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss, a welder who stumbles across the scene of a drug deal gone bad and a large sum of money left in its wake. Upon pilfering the cash, Llewelyn is hunted by Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a sociopathic killer sent to recover the money and murder anyone with knowledge of it. A fraught and explosive thriller that ruminates on the inherent self-destructive qualities of greed and violence that afflict people as both individuals and collectives, No Country for Old Men is a masterpiece. TE

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