The Resource Tetris : the games people play, Box Brown
Tetris : the games people play, Box Brown
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This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- "It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. 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."--Page [2] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781626723153
- Label
- Tetris : the games people play
- Title
- Tetris
- Title remainder
- the games people play
- Statement of responsibility
- Box Brown
- Subject
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- trueComputer scientists
- Documentary comics
- trueFads and crazes
- Graphic novels
- trueInternational relations
- Nonfiction comics
- Pajitnov, Alexey, 1956- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- truePopular culture
- Popular culture -- History
- truePopular culture -- History -- 1980-1989
- trueScientists
- trueScientists -- Soviet Union
- trueSocial history
- trueSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueTetris (Game)
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- trueVideo games
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. 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."--Page [2] of cover
- Award
- YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2017.
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- 10528947
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
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- Brown, Box
- Dewey number
- 794.8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
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- Pajitnov, Alexey
- Computer games
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- the games people play
- Label
- Tetris : the games people play, Box Brown
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn928492029
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781626723153
- Lccn
- 2015951864
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928492029
- Label
- Tetris : the games people play, Box Brown
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- Control code
- ocn928492029
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781626723153
- Lccn
- 2015951864
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928492029
Subject
- Comics (Graphic works)
- trueComputer game design
- Computer games -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueComputer scientists
- Documentary comics
- trueFads and crazes
- Graphic novels
- trueInternational relations
- Nonfiction comics
- Pajitnov, Alexey, 1956- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- truePopular culture
- Popular culture -- History
- truePopular culture -- History -- 1980-1989
- trueScientists
- trueScientists -- Soviet Union
- trueSocial history
- trueSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueTetris (Game)
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- trueVideo games
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