We interviewed 31-year-old gamer PMS GibGirl with intent to uncover the secret behind her fantastic top-10 score of 1,377,920 points in the Xbox 360 Live Arcade game of Geometry Wars. She dropped a knowledge bomb on us:

1. Take out snakes as quickly as possible - not only are they hard to kill, they block your shots with their bodies.  I think they're the #1 most dangerous enemy.

2. Manage gravity wells - you don't have to destroy them all, but make sure to keep the number down, and know where they are so you know where the blue circles come from when you hear one blow.

3. Once the # of enemies increases, your goal should be to look for where on the playfield is safer then where you are, and try and get there - and remember that this is a constant task, you'll always be looking to get somewhere safer.

4. Learn to listen—each enemy makes a distinct spawn sound, and certain ones should be listened for.  Especially the red horseshoe—it makes a rumbling before each run across the board.  If you hear it, you know it's coming.

5. And finally, practice—learning to "read" the board and react fast enough to make use of it only develops from playing.  I just happen to have spent a lot of time playing Robotron: 2084 [since the late '90s] and similar games in the recent past, which has helped.

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