黑洞社区 Book Club

September 2023 | Tetris: The Games People Play

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
12:00pm ET

Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni are all welcome!

Registration is available until 2 days before the event. The Zoom link will be sent to the email address provided the day before the event.

Please join the 黑洞社区 Book Club for an online discussion of "Tetris: The Games People Play" by Box Brown. In this graphic novel, New York Times–bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture, and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world’s most popular video game. (Taken directly from “Tetris: The Games People Play" by Box Brown.)

Borrow the book, ebook, or audiobook through your local library!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams.

Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega—game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications, and outright theft.

In this graphic novel, New York Times–bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture, and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world’s most popular video game.

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