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Video game history falls into place in Tetris Forever
Building blocks.
Developed in the mid-1980s by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union, Tetris ’ global expansion involved a complex web of software copyright, clandestine meetings, handshake deals, and someone stretching a tourist visa to the very limits. Like its past collections, Digital Eclipse uses a combination of short documentary-style videos, photos, magazine and advertising scans, and the games themselves, and puts them on a timeline. From there, the story expands as various figures swoop in to take Tetris to the rest of the world, including Pajitnov’s lifelong friend Henk Rogers, who has his own fascinating backstory.
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