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    What makes Tetris 'the perfect game'? Experts break down an addictive classic

    The real story behind how Tetris became a video game phenomenon is more compelling than most imagined narratives. A computer game created by Russian programmer Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union, Tetris eventually hit the burgeoning global market in 1989 as the launch title of Game Boy, a handheld console developed by Japanese company Nintendo, after Dutch American game designer and publisher ...
    by Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times Apr 03, 2023 5 minutes
    Taron Egerton, left, as Henk Rogers and Nikita Efremov as Alexey Pajitnov in "Tetris.”.

    The real story behind how Tetris became a video game phenomenon is more compelling than most imagined narratives.

    A computer game created by Russian programmer Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union, Tetris eventually hit the burgeoning global market in 1989 as the launch title of Game Boy, a handheld console developed by Japanese company Nintendo, after Dutch American game designer and publisher Henk Rogers doggedly pursued the rights.

    Much like the game itself, it's a story that involved a lot of moving pieces that needed to be maneuvered just right in order for its players to achieve success.

    This backstory is at the center of "Tetris," out now on Apple TV+ after premiering last month at SXSW. Directed by Jon S. Baird ("Stan & Ollie") from a script by Noah

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