It is perhaps the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive Tetris delivers an irresistible
unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you'll see those brightly
coloured geometric shapes everywhere. You'll see them in your dreams.Alexey Pajitnov had big
ideas about games. In 1984 he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for
the Soviet government. Once this alarmingly addictive game emerged from behind the Iron Curtain
it was an instant hit. Nintendo Atari Sega - game developers big and small all wanted Tetris.
A bidding war was sparked followed by clandestine trips to Moscow backroom deals innumerable
miscommunications and outright theft.New York Times bestselling author Box Brown untangles this
complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art culture and commerce. For the
first time and in unparalleled detail Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of
the world's most popular video game.
