This Tetris-playing watch struggles with the one thing it should be great at
The Tetris: My Play Watch may look like an Apple Watch, but it eschews most of the functionality you'll typically find on a smartwatch to focus on two things: playing Tetris and celebrating the game through a UI that's thoroughly Tetris-themed. It's very good at making you want to play Alexey Pajitnov's iconic tetromino-stacking puzzler, just not on the watch because of frustrating touchscreen controls that require more focus than the game itself.
The included straps are colorfully Tetris-themed (you can swap them with standard watch straps if you want to tone it down), as is the collection of nine different faces. There are both digital an …