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Google Celebrates Tetris Birthday
1up.com - 6/6/2009
Google Celebrates Tetris Birthday
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So I was just about to search for something on Google and noticed that the search engine changed its logo -- to a Tetris theme! Why? To celebrate the iconic videogame's birthday. It was 25 years ago today that Alexey ...
Google celebrates Tetris' birthday
examiner.com - 6/6/2009
Google celebrates Tetris' birthday
— examiner.com — The addictive puzzle game, Tetris, turns 25 today and Google is honoring this by changing up the... Google Logo, just like they do for holidays.25 years is a long time, and the game is still just as addictive as ever.  There's nothing like setting ... (more) Google celebrates Tetris' birthday

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On D-Day Anniversary, Google Memorializes... Tetris?
newsbusters.org - 6/8/2009
On D-Day Anniversary, Google Memorializes... Tetris?
— newsbusters.org — On June 6, 1944, the crucial Normandy Landings that formed the spearhead of the Allied invasion of... Nazi held Europe occurred. D-Day ultimately led to the victory of the Allies over the despotic Nazi regime. Now here we are on June 6, 2009 and, in its ... (more) On D-Day Anniversary, Google Memorializes... Tetris?

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Interview: Alexei Pajitnov, creator of Tetris
joystiq.com - 6/10/2009
Interview: Alexei Pajitnov, creator of Tetris
— joystiq.com — Alexey Pajitnov (right) with Dutch games publisher Henk Rogers, who helped place the game on every Game... Boy. With Project Natal , Uncharted 2 , Metroid: Other M , Scribblenauts , and everything else going on at E3 , the 25th anniversary of  ... (more) Interview: Alexei Pajitnov, creator of Tetris

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