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US teen becomes first human to beat Tetris

LOS ANGELES: A US teenager has beaten classic computer game Tetris, forcing it into a game-ending glitch in a feat previously achieved only by artificial intelligence.

Willis Gibson, 13, a competitive gamer known as 'blue scuti,' became the first human to reach the 'kill screen' of the Nintendo version of the puzzle game, as fellow players followed his progress online.