Full name: Tetris: The Games People Play

Author: Box Brown Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Graphic Novels, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781626723153 162672315X

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 colored 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 Tetris 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. In this graphic novel, 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. Similar books: Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert Good Eggs by Phoebe Potts Not Funny Ha-Ha by Leah Hayes All The Answers by Michael Kupperman Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me by Harvey Pekar Spiral-Bound by Aaron Renier Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden The Murder of Abraham Lincoln by Rick Geary Empire State by Jason Shiga Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung Freeway by Mark Kalesniko The Big Book of Weirdos by Carl A. Posey In Real Life by Cory Doctorow The whole world's crazy by Jimmy Gownley Zahra's Paradise by Amir Latino USA by Ilan Stavans Andre the Giant by Box Brown Divas, Dames & Daredevils by Mike Madrid Raid of No Return by Nathan Hale The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua