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These gamers have done a lot more than enjoy Tetris on their home consoles. Instead, they spent countless hours coming up with new and creative ways to play the game. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Trestling puts a new twist on the classic puzzle game. It consists of a custom-built setup that lets users control the action with their fists. Though not very practical, it sure beats sitting in front of the TV for hours. Continue reading for a video demonstration. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Created by engineer Lars Pontoppidan, this hack basically uses "an AtMega32 micro-controller to drive the beam of an oscilloscope to mimic the game play of the classic Soviet puzzle game." Video after the break. Click here for one more picture.

Lars had to create custom circuitry and programmed the beam to produce a similar visual result to that of those old vector graphic games. The game is controlled using a traditional Atari 9-pin digital joystick

Tetris, a game many of us have played at one time or another, has made quite a few appearances in modern cartoons like Family Guy and the Simpsons. Continue reading to watch the montage.

The guys over at NotSoNoisy takes stop-motion photography to a new level by recreating the classic game of Tetris with humans. Video after the break.

Human Tetris was recorded during the Urbaines Festival at the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland. The video shoot took 88 people wearing bright Tetris colored T-shirts, and 880 carefully choreographed still images in order to complete the effect

Unlike previous versions, this giant Tetris game is in full-color, consisting of an "elaborate colored graphics platform using the Mikontalo's D-staircase as light pixels." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Reportedly, the installation will also be used for other demos created by pupils at the Tampere University of Technology, but we've all ideas the falling blocks you see above easily stole the show

Simply put, this person could quite possibly be the world's best Tetris player. Continue reading for a video demonstration.

So you've seen how construction workers play Tetris, now check out what artists use to play the game: spray paint. Click here for more pictures.

(Thanks, Jake)

If you thought playing Tetris on your DS was cool, then check out how these college students in Russia play the game. Video after the break.

What do you get when you combine some Russian college kids, an empty dorm and the desire to re-create Tetris in 100x scale?

Like the first installment, part two of Human Tetris has contestants trying to fit into weird cutout shapes, with most not succeeding. Video after the break.