From “a computer lab in Moscow” to being beaten by a teenager on the NES.
A new book charting the 40-plus-year history of Tetris is set for release this August, from Irish video games journalist Anthony McGlynn (Variety, IGN, Ars Technica…) and Pen & Sword Books’ White Owl publishing imprint.
The Tetris Story is McGlynn’s debut book and is being described online by its publisher as the story of “the circumstances leading to a digital toy made by two people in a computer lab in Moscow in the early ‘80s being beaten by a young teenager on a Nintendo Entertainment System”, highlighting “every incredible coincidence, piece of luck and happenstance which led to that miraculous moment.”
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From “a computer lab in Moscow” to being beaten by a teenager on the NES.
A new book charting the 40-plus-year history of Tetris is set for release this August, from Irish video games journalist Anthony McGlynn (Variety, IGN, Ars Technica…) and Pen & Sword Books’ White Owl publishing imprint.
The Tetris Story is McGlynn’s debut book and is being described online by its publisher as the story of “the circumstances leading to a digital toy made by two people in a computer lab in Moscow in the early ‘80s being beaten by a young teenager on a Nintendo Entertainment System”, highlighting “every incredible coincidence, piece of luck and happenstance which led to that miraculous moment.”
Read the full article on timeextension.com