Retro Gamer  |  Issue 183
TETRIS
There are some videogames out there that are incredibly difficult to tear yourself away from. We’re also aware that games can distract you from life’s more tedious tasks. What to make of Tetris, then? A puzzler that gets so inside your brain, it can lead to the medically recognised ‘Tetris Effect’ where you play so much of the game you actually start hallucinating tetrominoes in your day-to-day life. Yet it’s a runaway bestseller that’s essentially about tidying up the playfield over and over again. Cleaning, we imagine, has never been so successful. For close to thirty five years, Tetris has infiltrated the minds and hearts of gamers. Creator Alexey Pajitnov, alongside Tetris bosses Henk Rogers and Maya Rogers reveal how this simple puzzler turned into a worldwide juggernaut
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Retro Gamer Issue 183.