genre: pop culture history, non-fiction
To say my family was obsessed with Tetris for a while in the early 90s would not be an exaggeration. When I saw that there was a book about it's creation and history, I found myself interested.
Did you know that Tetris was created in Communist Russia? I had no idea. I had no sense of the legal battles that ensued either. What I particularly enjoyed, beyond the actual creation of the game itself, was the look at gaming over time, at how humans have used games as ritual and as recreation.
I had a hard time keeping names/faces straight. The legal stuff at the end got pretty boring, but overall I liked the graphics and enjoyed learning about this piece of pop culture history.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Tetris: the Games People Play by Box Brown
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