Tetris turns 25
During these busy E3 times, let’s not forget what happened 25 years ago, when Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris, which instantly took the world by storm. The game has sold hundreds of millions of copes in various forms, and even the Guinness Book of Records lists Tetris as the record holder of the “Most Ported Video Game” and “Game With the Most Official and Unofficial Variants”, among a dozen other records.
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June 3rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
Tetris is popular because it has been proven to reduce stress and enhance brain power. The most notable was a UK study showed tetris helped people that were victims of trauma reduce flashbacks.
It’s amazing that so many people are playing still: http://tinyurl.com/TetrisGames