Venkatesh Rao@vgrAmong the finer moments of the USSR. Except for those damn Z and S pieces.Quote TweetSoviet Visuals@sovietvisuals·Jun 28, 2016Alexey Pajitnov,Soviet computer engineer. Developed the game Tetris while working for the Soviet Academy of Sciences12:31 AM · Oct 30, 20182 Retweets6 Likes
Pavel Samsonov is also on Mastodon @PavelASamsonov·Oct 30, 2018Replying to @vgrCommemorated in this musical documentary: https://youtu.be/hWTFG3J1CP8
orborborb@MilesAlanJacob·Oct 30, 2018Replying to @vgrTetris was maybe the first game that fully distilled an addictive mechanic (‘tidying up’), like refined sugar or synthetic opioids.