Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris; Love at First Sight

Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris; Love at First Sight

In 1985, Alexey Pajitnov was hard at work at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre in Moscow, when he had an idea for a game that would put his favorite puzzle game, Pentonimo, on the computer screen. In what ultimately became Tetris, started out as a basic tech demo, but...
Henk Rodgers Teaches Nintendo How To Sell

Henk Rodgers Teaches Nintendo How To Sell

Prior to the release of the Nintendo Game Boy in 1989, Henk Rodgers was simply a game developer and salesman. A salesman who knew how to get his foot in the door of major developers from whom he wished to acquire rights to titles. One of those developers...
Film Review: Tetris

Film Review: Tetris

On June 6th, 1984, a game was introduced in Russia that would eventually take the world by storm. This game would not only sell millions upon millions of copies but would also give Russia their first lesson in capitalism. Tetris was introduced into a changing world, and its...
Shigeru Miyamoto Weighs in on Tetris

Shigeru Miyamoto Weighs in on Tetris

In the mid eighties, Tetris was being quietly passed around the video game industry. When it made it's way to Nintendo, Then Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi asked game industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto to try it out. When Yamauchi asked Miyamoto a few days later if Tetris was any...