Tetris From Russia With Love Google Videos

A BBC Documentary titled Tetris From Russian With Love, about the creation of Tetris in Russia, by the creator Alexey Pajitnov. One of the classic games, that almost everyone enjoys to play. Many people don't know about the many legal battles that this game has created, from who owns the rights to the game, to different software companies wanting to license and release the game. A relic of late Cold War Era of Russia, that what was created by a person but not seen as intellectual property of that person, but that of the state. An interesting struggle against the capitalist and the communist over a video game. It is rather odd how many different things we Americans take for granted. The fact that for some time Alexey did not receive much or if any pay for his work. But, he was happy that he had provided something enjoyable to his friends as well as the rest of the world.

It is really odd how times have changed as well. When Tetris was created Russia was torn within the Cold War, and was facing many struggles within it's own system. A system that was failing, and creating a society of struggle and unhappiness. How something so enjoyable and entertaining could be created in such an environment is beyond me. I guess when you don't have much to look forward to, you create something to look forward to. As for Russia, or now know as the Russian Federation is in many much different than how Russia was when Tetris was created. A country caught up with consumerism, and capitalist ideas, that where once greatly feared, and now has relaxed enough to take a holiday break like no other. It is interesting how a little game could cause so much trouble, and may have created some sort of inspiration for a generation to come.

As a side note; I find the mystical elegance of Tetris very interesting, such as how Tetris's role in the launch of the Gameboy, and Nintendo's prominent seeking of simplistic intelligent games.

Oh and this reminds me of one of my much wanted items, The Tengen copy of NES Tetris, which I had almost forgotten about!