Game designer will turn a skyscraper into the world’s largest Tetris game

Frank Lee likes to level up. So on April 4, the Drexel University game design professor will turn a Philadelphia skyscraper into a giant game of Tetris. Observers at the upcoming Philly Tech Week event will be able to play a working version of the famous Nintendo block-puzzle game through a contraption that controls the lights of the 29-story building.

It’s another example of video game culture spilling over into real life, and another strange moment in the history of video games, where a nutty use of technology can create a marketing spectacle. Multiple players will be able to go head-to-head in a Tetris battle that people on either side of the city can watch.