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Tetris Turns 25, and It’s Still an Addictive Pleasure
wired.com - 6/4/2009
Tetris Turns 25, and It’s Still an Addictive Pleasure
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Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov plays the first version of his world-famous game, which turns 25 years old on June 6. Image courtesy The Tetris Company When Alexey Pajitnov put the finishing touches on Tetris 25 years ago Saturday, he had no way of knowing his modest videogame would become ...
Nintendo ‘Vitality Sensor’ Already Appeared on N64
wired.com - 6/8/2009
Nintendo ‘Vitality Sensor’ Already Appeared on N64
— wired.com — LOS ANGELES — The Wii Vitality Sensor, Nintendo’s strangest announcement of its E3 lineup, seems even stranger when you know that it has its roots in a nearly-identical Nintendo 64 device. Produced by Seta and released in 1998 ... (more) Nintendo ‘Vitality Sensor’ Already Appeared on N64

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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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How Tetris conquered the world, block by block
guardian.co.uk 6/2/2009 — That addictive puzzler Tetris – created 25 years ago by Russian Alexey Pajitnov – has a legitimate claim to being the videogame that conquered the world Twenty-five years ago, inside the bowels of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow, a young ...
Tetris, 25 Years Later [E3 2009]
kotaku.com 6/6/2009 — Today marks the 25th Anniversary of Tetris, the classic puzzle game made by Alexey Pajitnov in Russia. This documentary explores the Tetris Effect and the history of the popular game, explaining how Henk Rogers discovered the game at a Las Vegas trade show and went on to license it from ...
Tetris Turns 25
realmofgaming.com 6/7/2009 — Today marks the 25th anniversary of the greatest puzzle game to ever grace a console of any kind: of course I'm talking about Tetris. It was the game that made the original Game Boy so successful, a game that put a gamepad of some type into the hands of countless housewives and businessmen, as ...
Tetris, 25 Years Later [E3 2009] — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
Today marks the 25th Anniversary of Tetris, the classic puzzle game made by Alexey Pajitnov in Russia. This documentary explores the Tetris Effect and the history of the popular game, explaining how Henk Rogers discovered the game at a Las Vegas trade show and went on to license it from the ...
Happy 25th Birthday, Tetris — Aeropause Games
It’s hard to believe that one of the most played Russian brick-laying games is now turning 25. That’s correct, back in 1984 Alexey Pajitnov unleashed what soon would become one of the largest game phenomens. It has spawned a port to nearly every electronic portable platform and ...
Happy 25th birthday Tetris! — Infendo - Nintendo blog
Tetris was created 25 years ago today by Alexey Pajitnov. Five years later it would help sell millions of Game Boys cementing the handheld as a massive success for Nintendo. So happy birthday Tetris! Share your Tetris memories with us in comments.
Happy 25th, Tetris. — Sarcastic Gamer
25 years. S’a long time! Yup, Tetris is 25 today. Um, not sure what else to write here. Why not a history lesson over the jump? Tetris was created on June 6th 1984 by Russian computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov, who took “tetra” - the Greek prefix for “four” - ...
Happy Birthday, Tetris — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
25 years young today! Alexey Pajitnov released Tetris on June 6, 1984.The DOS version of Tetris.The original platform for Tetris, the Elektronika 60.Originally launched in the Soviet Union, the history of Tetris intersects with the cold war, of course.In the history of video games, Tetris is ...
Tetris Creator Skeptical of Project Natal [E3 2009] — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
Alexey Pajitnov, the father of puzzle video games, like the idea of full motion controls, but thinks any such system faces major hurdles. "I am a little bit skeptical about (Project Natal)," he said. "I know how interfaces work and the reliability of this stuff is the key problem. You have to ...
Tetris Creator Skeptical of Project Natal [E3 2009] — Kotaku
Alexey Pajitnov, the father of puzzle video games, like the idea of full motion controls, but thinks any such system faces major hurdles. "I am a little bit skeptical about ( Project Natal )," he said. "I know how interfaces work and the reliability of this stuff is the key problem. You have ...
E3 09: On the future of Tetris as a virtual sport — Destructoid
In an interview I had yesterday with Tetris creator, Alexey Pajitnov, and CEO of The Tetris Company, Henk Rogers, a veritable plethora of interesting information came out. Sure, the typical can be expected, but what was most interesting is the potential future of the game. ...
E3 09: On the future of Tetris as a virtual sport — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
In an interview I had yesterday with Tetris creator, Alexey Pajitnov, and CEO of The Tetris Company, Henk Rogers, a veritable plethora of interesting information came out. Sure, the typical can be expected, but what was most interesting is the potential future of the game. Rogers and Pajitnov ...
Why Tetris Creator Secretly Plays World of Warcraft as Woman — GameLife
Image: Wired.com Have you recently teamed up with a mysterious druid in World of Warcraft that happens to love math puzzles? You could have been on a raid with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov. “I recently started playing World of Warcraft , and I’m still playing it and enjoying ...
Tetris turns 25 years young, still puzzles the best of us — Engadget
If you would've told someone back in 1984 that Alexey Pajitnov would become world renowned, they would've likely laughed you right out of Russia. But on June 6th of that very year, said individual created what's easily the planet's most recognizable puzzle game: Tetris . We mean, who didn't ...
Tetris 25 years anniversary video — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
Today marks the 25th Anniversary of Tetris, the classic puzzle game made by Alexey Pajitnov in Russia.This documentary explores the Tetris Effect and the history of the popular game, explaining how Henk Rogers discovered the game at a Las Vegas trade show and went on to license it from the ...
Google Celebrates Tetris Birthday — 1UP RSS feed
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. ...