{"product_id":"tetris-9781626723153","title":"Tetris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTetris is as ubiquitous as blue jeans and as addictive as jelly beans. But did you ever wonder where it came from? Probably not: Most computer programs have fairly undramatic origin stories. Not Tetris. In 1984, Alexey Pajitnov, a computer scientist working for the USSR government, created a fun little game that became a smash hit among the computer literate population of Moscow. Before long, it was discovered by a British software firm. The rest, as they say, is history...But it's a history full of high stakes business shenanigans and some fundamental questions about the nature of play. Box Brown, author of Andre the Giant: Life and Legend, blows open the secret history of the game that saved Nintendo and delves into what makes puzzles and games so irresistible to human beings.","brand":"Roaring Brook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49410751988055,"sku":"9781626723153","price":19.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tetris-9781626723153","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}