Tetris: The Games People Play - Softcover

Brown, Box

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910593222 ISBN 13: 9781910593226

Publisher: SelfMadeHero, 2016

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"One of gaming's most intriguing tales...A book to watch."

"[A] look at the creation of Alexey Pajitnov s enduring classic and the drama that ensues when people with big bags of money try to cash in the game s popularity." --"Kotaku""

From the Author:

Box Brown is an Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and comics publisher from Philadelphia. His book Andre the Giant: Life and Legend spent three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

About this edition

• Publisher: SelfMadeHero
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910593222
• ISBN 13: 9781910593226
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256