I might write about this more later (or you can), but I just wanted to throw up this link while I was thinking about it. One of the more interesting things about this essay (as opposed to other "What I Learned from Tetris" essays, of which there are many) is the "I was programmeed" metaphor, which is a strikingly different way of describing the pedagogical process.

http://io9.com/353746/i-was-programmed-by-tetris-to-be-a-better-person