Tetris Creator, Alexey Pajitnov

Adam Orth chats with Tetris
creator Alexey Pajitnov. Together they
discuss his early life with computing and how he first
created Tetris; his ideas behind real-time
versus turn-based puzzle design; ideas he scrapped from early
development;
distributing Tetris outside of the
Soviet Union; his work on titles outside
of Tetris and the pressure his first
creation put on his subsequent work; and what he hopes for the
future of Tetris.


This episode is supported by Xsolla


Episode Host: Adam Orth


Producers: Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences


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