The book is a rollicking read, with the Soviet sections in the 1980s almost veering into John Le Carre territory at points, and I'll be writing up some thoughts on it soon. But the publication ...

Tetris was packed in with the revolutionary Game Boy in 1989, with more than 35 million sold. Pajitnov moved to the United States in 1991, becoming a U.S. citizen and founding The Tetris Co. with ...

But my daughter running [The Tetris] Company said, “It’d be fun, it’s good publicity for the game. You should do it.” And so I let her make those “important” decisions.

There’s an addictive quality to Tetris — so addictive that in the Soviet Union, where it was created in 1984, the government blocked it from state computers because it was ruining productivity.

Before the game could make it to computer screens, however, “Tetris” had to escape the USSR. As any Soviet citizen would tell you, that’s no easy feat.

Tetris exploded in popularity after a race in the 1980s to secure global rights for the Soviet-made video game, a tale retold in a new movie. It is still captivating minds decades later.

Guest Column: Apple TV’s ‘Tetris’ is Only One Half of the Story of Soviet-Born Video Games Long before he became the president of Armenia, Dr. Armen Sarkissian was a scientist who had a ...

"Emotionally, all this Soviet Union part was very, very truthful because of the enormous pressure we would feel," said Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov. By Kat Moon on April 3, 2023 at 11:32AM PDT ...

The official trailer for the Tetris movie on Apple TV+ But within games lore, the tale of how Tetris came to be is legendary. Alexey Pajitnov, a speech recognition researcher at the Soviet Union ...

Noah Pink, Screenwriter, "Tetris": I must admit, I lost a lot of my childhood to Tetris on Game Boy and when you grew up in Nova Scotia, and you want to go anywhere, it's at least four to eight ...