A Giant Game of Tetris Was Played on a Skyscraper

LED technology has helped bring more art into outdoor lighting. Now theres gaming, too.

A professor at Drexel University celebrated the 30th anniversary of Tetris over the weekend by hacking the computerized LED lighting system of a 29-story skyscraper in Philadelphia to play the game.

And this isnt the first time Prof. Frank Lee has played a game on a skyscraper: he apparently organized a game of Pong last year.

Technology has sort of made us isolated from each other, Lee told the New York Times. I want us to be with each other and play with each other.

Of course, he isnt the only person to have used city skylines for reasons other than their intended purpose.

Microsoft in 2012 lit up the nights sky of London for a publicity stunt surrounding the newest release for its blockbuster sci-fi shooting game, Halo 4.

Marketers as well have used other technology, often in those cases using high-end projectors, to display all manner of images on the sides of buildings. And San Franciscos Bay Bridge has been lit up with an art installation based on LEDs.

Still, its quite a spectacle. Heres a video of the professors game of Tetris:

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A Giant Game of Tetris Was Played on a Skyscraper