The Tetris Effect: The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game by Dan Ackerman

The Tetris Effect: The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game

Dan Ackerman

266 pages first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history video games informative slow-paced
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The definitive story of a game so great, even the Cold War couldn't stop itTetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. But how did an obscure Soviet programmer, working on frail, antiquated computers, create a ...

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