The Complicated History Of 'Tetris,' Which Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary Today (Karyne Levy)
Want to feel old?
"Tetris," the game where you have to manipulate falling blocks to create lines that are then cleared from the screen, is celebrating its 30th anniversary today. That's 30 years of yelling at the screen when the blocks speed up at an almost unmanageable rate. That's 30 years of getting the theme music stuck in your head.
The game is simple. But its story is anything but. Let's go back in time and check out the history of those falling blocks — called "tetrominoes" — and how they came to be synonymous with Nintendo's Game Boy handheld gaming system. (businessinsider.com)
