The Story of Tetris

[@GamingHistorian]

Thank you all for your patience with this video. I hope you enjoy The Story of Tetris! If you learned something new, please consider sharing the video. Have a great weekend!

[@megajaredx9679]

FINALLY! THANK YOU!!!

[@louskunt125]

I'll enjoy this tonight. Thanks, Norm.

[@SHR7778]

Thank you

[@RickyTheFoxOfficialChannel]

Gaming Historian my mum long time ago listened on Radio 24 a documentary of Tetris! But she can’t finished because she was in a car and she was arrived before the ending!

[@frankiebeans8055]

Gaming Historian awesome work my friend.

[@ServantRules]

I'd just like to tip my hat off to Henk Rogers for not only being one of the more stand up guys involved in this entire story, but more so for making sure his friend and Tetris creator Alexei got his due.

[@sacripudding4586]

I mean nintendo also seemed interested in paying Pajitnov. It was elorg who declined.

[@RossWasTaken]

What a guy, went to Soviet Russia without knowing the language, or knowing where to go. Wholesome af when he made friends with Alexei. The story where he played go with locals made me laugh

[@bp968]

@@sacripudding4586 yah, did you notice the guy who ran "elorg" walked away with a cool 15 million when it was all said and done? Workers Paradise eh? Lol Its always the government hacks that walk away with all the wealth (regardless the system). Socialism and they are the ones with the power and luxury. Socialism dies and capitalism takes its place? And boom, all the government guys feed like roaches on everything of value in the system (like tetris in this case) and leave the creators and workers to starve. Notice how the guy walks away with 15m and didn't bother to find the creator and give him at least a little? Nope, it was "inappropriate" to discuss paying the creator but when its his turn to fill his pockets? Its all good.

[@TheEtherny]

Yeah, it was a great coincidence that they were both kind to each other, someone wouldn't have cared to show a foreigner around a new country nor a guy on business about helping the guy who created a game out, this is just wholesome

[@bp968]

@@TheEtherny my life hasn't been a bed of roses but I feel like most of the time its just easier to be nice to people. That doesn't mean you have to give up that promotion to the other employee or donate that winning lotto ticket, but maybe you could take his family out to dinner, or set up a scholarship for the employees at the store where you got your mega lotto winner. If we were all nice to each other the world would just about become an alien place overnight.

[@JackTempest94]

This is like something PBS would air on television. It's that good.

[@SlavomirG]

The BBC document: Tetris - From Russia with Love (available on YT) is much better than this and available since 2004

[@MrBallsMalone]

Seriously

[@DanTheMan1985ful]

Well it should be... when it says in its post credits "Funding for Gaming Historian is provided in part by supporters on Patreon." "Thank You." Which almost sounds similar to what PBS, WGBH, and VOA announces in their programs that aired on TV at end of each one... "Major funding of this program was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)." A private corporation funded by the American people. "And the annual financial support from Viewers Like You."

[@adrianbelzer5630]

I totally agree with this statement!

[@emdotrod]

Slavomir G The BBC is an actual broadcasting company. For a KZbin channel, this surely an impressive job

[@michaelgoff4504]

I had the pleasure of meeting Alexei Pajitnov in 2019 at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. He beamed with pride at the joy he brought so many people, including myself.

[@CatzyCatzy]

What was his personality. He seems to be a mentally strong man.

[@michaelgoff4504]

@@CatzyCatzy Very friendly individual. Not someone who comes across as having done a big thing.

[@CatzyCatzy]

@@michaelgoff4504 him as a Russian living in the US surprises me. He seems to be a humble man just by your description.

[@cfisher2447]

Did he pleasure your ball sack?

[@Abauto84]

wow I bet that was an amazing experience

[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

Blown away with how this turned out. Norm - you out did yourself. So proud of you!

[@twinkiesmaster69]

The Completionist ,I've noticed you there jirard buddy

[@erikrick]

Nice voice over work

[@Jerdo452]

Look is the guy who couldn't complete Metroid Prime 3 v:

[@Jerdo452]

I'm kidding, I'm huge fan of your show. Please don't kill me :"v

[@kriscarlson910]

Jared Ahumada too soon...lol

[@LGR]

This is beyond excellent, Norm. Fantastic work untangling the whole ordeal!

[@rjnash2610]

Hey Clit! How's it goin'?

[@Nerdstrategy]

Reconized your voice and the completionists in it. It's crazy each episode of his could be a DVD itself

[@store_brand]

Clint your props give this vid credence.

[@robertmartin5781]

And his voice work in said video gives it a sophisticated layer of suave savvy... Or something.. I was just trying to sound cool.

[@QLTD]

Hey Clint, did Norman give you royalties for using your voice?

[@misterguy2929]

Im happy that Alexey was finally able to benefit from his creation. Though not as much as he could have, but considering the situation it was probably the best case scenario. But man this would make an interesting movie.

[@cragnog]

I was thinking that, I want to make this movie. It's a really interesting story of ideological systems headbutting, but also many individual players headbutting over the creation of something ultimately created by one man. And that man is within the system that doesn't allow him any ownership of his own product. There is a fantastic array of characters, interesting pacing to the story, arcs, people who turn out to be rather awesome, others who turn out rather slimey... hell there's even a Maxwell trying to pull strings with the Soviet government at one point. In the middle of all this is an iconic game and at the happy end of it all, there is a beautiful friendship. And Somehow Shigeru Miyamoto even shows up man this story is so fucking golden. The themes of the story are powerful and the potential to explore them is amazing. Even from the small beginnings it is quite an interesting story. Its great how the story just grows and grows, getting more complex and more of a mess in the second arc, then at the beginning of the third arc you got these three separate guys to go to Moscow in the same damn month! The story itself comments on marketing tactics (the exotic/mysterious Russian vibe which also plays into what things were like at the time with the Iron Curtain). The business practises of competing companies like Atari and Nintendo who took this under the wing of an already existing squabble... man I could go on as Im really just writing in a bit of a flow of consciousness. I had other things that were popping into my mind to say but they popped out too! Feeling inspired... I just really want to make this movie! You can't write this stuff... but you sure can dramatise it :)

[@cragnog]

And to all this I must give Kudos to the makers of this video. One of the best things I've watched in a while, I really didn't expect to watch this whole thing, let alone be transfixed by it and want to recommend it to everyone.

[@White_Tiger93]

im preety sure that anyone who using his game must pay alexey for borrowing his invention, Nintendo, sega and many others publishers devs..

[@olsen99q]

@@cragnog You're absolutely right, this story is ripe for a movie adaption. It'll happen, I'm sure.

[@oneofmanyalexs]

@@olsen99q There is a Tetris movie in the work. not abot this story though. It's a (planned) sci-fi Trilogy.

[@coreymyers5321]

As soon as I saw the new Tetris movie trailer, I had to back to make sure I remember everything. Take 30 minutes from an hour documentary and make it a movie. I love it!

[@belimbingpanas]

Eyyy I click back to this video because I know someone will comment this out

[@NoahDaArk]

I came From the Tetris trailer too. Had to see if the story was just as crazy as it seemed

[@brettdibble2763]

same reason for visiting this vid. so far this documentary makes the situation a LOT more tame than what the trailer presented.

[@warweasel2832]

@@brettdibble2763 Given that Pajitnov grew up on James Bond movies imported by his mother, I think the tension and espionage theming is exactly what he wants. It'll probably be the greatest love letter to his hard work and life story ever made.

[@DemianCorvus]

Yes indeed xD. Also, that Belikov guy is an unsong hero. MVP of the negotiation behind Tetris, along with Rogers.

[@alyshakhan5909]

I felt sorry for Pajitnov, I'm glad he got the money in the end. He was good and wholesome throughout the process :)

[@BounnoyPhanthavong]

That Henk Rogers sure is a good fella.

[@gabrielgoncalves2763]

Communism sucks, and still today lots of morons want this crap.

[@poshio1]

@@gabrielgoncalves2763 communism had nothing to do

[@faustlican5566]

@@gabrielgoncalves2763 uneducated savage

[@CalamackLP]

@@gabrielgoncalves2763 lol if you think an employee not getting the rights to something they made on company time using company resources is unique to communism then you must not be very well educated. That's how it works in every system. Also, the Soviet Union was socialist, a communist nation has never existed.

[@robscallon]

This was fantastic

[@TheTenthDentist]

Suprised to see you commenting on something like this rob.

[@datllamadoh6343]

Rob Scallon yeah surprisingly interesting, btw tell dave to learn to cool rather then eating microwave meals.

[@canman87]

Seeing a channel I'm subbed to commenting on a video from another channel I'm subbed to (especially with such disparity between their content) is sweet. Makes KZbin seem a little bit more like a community instead of just a giant video search engine or something.

[@eliwarren6358]

holy fRIck it's Rob Scallon.

[@TetrisShark70]

Rob liked videogames? Hell yeah.

[@JonGon005]

"Why is Tetris fun?" - Yamauchi "Because your secretaries and accountants are playing it." - Miyamoto Best response ever.

[@rjnash2610]

Umm... no.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

In other words: "People who would otherwise never touch a game are enjoying it. What do YOU think?"

[@thelegendofhuman2754]

Streaming from the Suburbs yeah Miyamoto is a cool guy

[@thelegendofhuman2754]

the 117 doctor miyamoto is still alive

[@dani.munoz.a23]

the 117 doctor hes alive

[@raveouscarlias4479]

It's crazy just how involved in video game history Miyamoto is. Dude is a Legend.

[@realmetatron]

The Stan Lee of gaming!

[@OuTSMOKE]

Basically everything great in video gaming history post-atari was touched by either Miyamoto, Iwata, or both of them.

[@bluebaron6811]

Miyamoto is like Werthers caramel candies: he's been around since before anyone can remember, and no matter where you go, you see him. I swear, I see a Miyamoto every time I look under my dang couch cushions.

[@johnroe3915]

He basically raised this generation. He's our virtual father.

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Nowadays he only makes Paper Mario boring.

[@LochNessHamster]

Really respect Hank Rogers in this. An unfortunately rare example of a smart businessman who's also a genuinely good human being. We could use more people like him in this world.

[@MegaManNetworkOfCourse]

Yeah. I'd drink vodka with him.

[@teapub9119]

@@MegaManNetworkOfCourse hell yeah

[@neoamaru]

Agreed.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

In ironic way, Hank Rogers is the true communist as written by Karl Marx in his books. Fair and good of the community. And again, showing the irony of economic method being twisted of become a political cult.

[@PixelGameSquad]

Videos like this is why you will always be respected in the community 🎮💪

[@cheesepuffs2858]

Brilliant

[@AustinJohnPlays]

Watched every minute of it. The time and effort that went into this is amazing. 10/10 would watch again.

[@J0SHUAKANE]

watched it again, now i must show it to others.

[@thearbinator2487]

Eyyyy! It's Austin John!

[@falconeagle3655]

I only realized now that this was 1 hour !!!!!!!!!!

[@mikeluna2026]

My third time already. Better than a movie. Granted, I'm an Indie dev so Norm's videos are often rather inspiring.

[@believeonjesus7215]

The Gospel: JESUS died for our sins on the cross, HE shed HIS holy, innocent , precious blood for us (HIS blood washes away ALL sins) HE was buried but on the third day GOD raised HIM from the dead. All you have to do to be saved is: Believe in JESUS, trust in HIS blood. JESUS did everything for you, no works are required for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9) . (Don’t forget to repent of sin. )

[@jaxpool155]

I just showed this documentary to my mom (only 2 years younger that Pajitnov), whose major was actually in Soviet Studies. And was very impressed at how accurate the depiction of the tensions and governing decisions were at the time. Not to mention she's an avid Tetris player herself, and didn't realize just what all it took to get it distributed. She loved this!

[@KaruYTPrem1]

Im sure she also loved the new Tetris movie

[@Mandarin9900]

@@KaruYTPrem1 I wouldn't be so sure

[@ConnerTheWaffle]

59 minutes of Tetris history I was born for this moment!

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

ConnerTheWaffle When are you going to do I hate marsbars?

[@yulikitten]

ConnerTheWaffle Here's an idea. Tetris rip-offs

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

Dudley Hudgenson He already did it but he took it down here’s a reupload kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4DSnXSAet-nf7c

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

Litten14 Who is it?

[@PSVitaat2am]

It must be our birthday!

[@reisjames1]

Damn Rogers seriously killed it. So much of this seemed like he was flying by the seat of his pants but it all worked out for him. He knocked it out of the park, and then went off and helped Pajitnov too. What a guy.

[@hagamapama]

Henk understood one key thing -- in order to make a deal, you have to be both trusted and trustworthy. He knew how to charm people and make a sales pitch but unlike Stein, he also knew how important it was to hold up your end of the bargain and make sure both sides win out of the deal. Deals where you "win" and the other guy is disadvantaged are deals that will be broken at the first opportunity, as Stein found out the hard way. In the best deals, everyone wins, and that's Henk Rogers' genius..

[@penguinpie5056]

'when kevin maxwell told his father the news about tetris he reportedly "went apeshit"'. ...absolutely magical storytelling of the highest order

[@MrSuckeragi]

its a higher form than batshit

[@johnlarson7858]

That was a Top 5 moment from this documentary. Having used that very term in our house growing up, and how much it always made my sister and I laugh, I had to rank it fairly high.

[@christopherdavidson8267]

These are the same Maxwell's involved with Mossad and sex trafficking, al a Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell.

[@Goldilush]

But what did Ghislaine think?

[@Peannlui]

​@@Goldilush She was destined to find her father's 'killer', so I'm sure she didn't become a hypocrite and solicit kids for a very terrible human being. /s

[@arturocaissut1071]

I hope the upcoming Tetris movie brings more people to this video, resulting in the views it deserves. This is a masterpiece.

[@BlueHeartAngela2025]

A comment in the trailer of the movie led me here, and now subbed and excited to see all the other docs!

[@DanielSmith-zo1db]

That’s why I’m here

[@Beus38]

The notion of the existence of the trailer itself brought me here. I wanted to have the story told with as much objectivity as possible, before watching it probably somewhat exaggerated in a commercial movie. And I must say this documentary is an awesome piece of work.

[@dedmanzombie]

​@Trinity Lively he makes excellent content absolutely super informative and always interesting

[@WesNumber1]

I hope this documentary gets recognized in the credits of the Tetris movie

[@LINK67890]

I cried at the end. Alekséi Pázhitnov deserved a happy ending, and he indeed get it.

[@absursi0n122]

Prince Lorian Jesus Christ can people not have emotions? Or are you going to make it into one of those “never mind I just cried” memes EDIT: Ok, he deleted his comment lol. if i remember correctly, he was saying something about how if you cried you were a "snowflake" in case anyone was wondering.

[@catsii]

i cried too!! you're not alone

[@KWTurpin]

@@absursi0n122 I grew up slaughtering my own cows and chickens, and I teared up a little at the end of this.

[@octoman_games]

the whole video was awesome and the ending with the tetris song was spectacular!

[@kyledean1966]

Copyright laws are so messed up. They actively have harmed more content creators than they have helped them.

[@calamusquill116]

The History of Tetris could so be a movie. We need Henk Rogers to negotiate the film rights.

[@zwooop64]

Its in the works with Taron Egerton to star

[@paulsd9255]

@@zwooop64 as Henk Rogers, mind you.

[@DrWho2008t101]

yup

[@aydendunnfilmmusic]

Kind of like “the founder” but with Tetris. I would so watch that.

[@bralenmurphy1991]

Russia might take too long to sign the rights off

[@Danielo7R]

The nicest thing of this whole true story is that the good guys actually win at the end. And Rodger's biggest weapon was virtue and respect.

[@fabian5002]

Yeah sure, money had nothing to do with it.

[@odeplay]

i didnt know that this was a real story

[@NeoKyoKusanagi]

@@fabian5002 No, it didnt, because it was Nintendo´s money. And if you paid ANY attention to what was said here, it said that Rogers sugegsted Nicolai with providing also creator royalties to Pajitnov, and the ass Nicloai rejected it. So no, it was not about money. This lesson is free, next one is not. ^_-

[@Makarosc]

Well the Soviet Union would've died anyway and Patijov would get it back

[@k.k9206]

@@fabian5002 It was partially about money, but more about trust. He already got screwed over and he didn't want to get screwed over again, so it seemed he banked on the most trust worthy of the 3. Which, in the end was the best decision.

[@Leinad0001]

It's like a movie where you'd think Belikov is the main villain of the story, but Rogers reveals it was Stein and Maxwell all along. Then Belikov outs them by pulling some 4D chess moves XD

[@AnthonyZ.]

It's funny cuz Tetris now has a movie.

[@mikedrop4421]

​@@AnthonyZ. it was great, I just watched it. Excellent film. I watched this documentary when it came out and after watching an entire movie about intellect theft I kind of feel like they stole the movie idea from the Gaming Historian. Irony. Lol.

[@walkerphillips2818]

Rogers: So, that's the reason why you're being screwed over. Anything else I need to explain? Belikov: Oh no, you've explained enough, now let me show you how we Russians negotiate...

[@johnpijano4786]

​@mikedrop4421 well... I mean. If this is how history turned out, not really plagiarism when your just explaining the events of a real story. Tbh. The movie did not explain the skill of Belikov too well.

[@Mario_N64]

​@@mikedrop4421This story was well documented back in 1989 by the gaming press. It's not some new discovery.

[@awing84]

So the fight for Tetris went all the way to Gorbachev. Damn that's historically insane. Incredibly well made documentary!

[@tcrpgfan]

It's all because some guy thought tetrominoes needed to be spiced up.

[@YourTypicalMental]

Seeing Alexey Pajitnov at the end with his warm smile makes me so happy everything turned out alright for him. So many times throughout that story things could have gone very ugly for him.

[@megamage911]

So very true. The only regretable thing for him in the end wasn't that he didn't get those royalties sooner.

[@bezzaderbane9890]

Yes I was getting depressed that the only guy I cared about was going to end up with nothing, I'm glad fate smiled on him though he probably lost millions to those other vultures all squabbling over his product.

[@naheemquattlebaum2267]

This had to be the most complex fight for licensing rights in history.

[@knightofy333schua8]

ikr?!?! I could barely keep up XDD

[@zurypuebla8879]

Is it

[@NickShvelidze]

I still don't get it why did they even need a license, did Soviet Union even recognize intellectual property?

[@Toni1988ify]

@@NickShvelidze Well it's clear they did...

[@invock]

In videogames, that might indeed be the case. In other medias... *laughs in LOTR*

[@MALEMization]

30:42 THAT LINE was said WORD by WORD in the movie! Such a POIGNANT AND STRONG LINE! I salute Mr Rogers himself and the actor who portrayed him for the movie, Mr Egerton, for that line alone to be honest!

[@cloud99vii27]

Yes I watched the movie tonight, really good, had a little of drama that wasn't in the original story, but it's a film so I understand it, Taron is a good actor, liked him in Kingsman and Rocketman

[@flordelizhawk358]

@@cloud99vii27 I like to think all the people involved in this story laughing at the film for dramatizing a bunch of things.

[@matheuscabral9618]

no, inthe movie it was something like “if you wanna sell thousands of gameboys to little boys, package it with mario, but if you wanna sell millions of game boys to everyone, package it with tetris”

[@maximillianmarcosebastian880]

The Maxwells are more antagonistic in the movie - like ‘having proxies that enjoy beating the poop out of Henk Rogers and stealing his jeans’ kind of antagonistic. Well deserved potrayal of the Maxwells, although the movie lacked Vadim Gerasimov.

[@MALEMization]

@@maximillianmarcosebastian880 I agree 100% on Vadim! He was CRUCIAL in Tetris's development!

[@cb2327]

me: oh ok, a history on tetris , this should be a little trivia video Gaming Historian: The Cold War... Me: Oh my

[@hwn2831]

Because they need to fight USSR even then it doesn't exist anymore and spread more lies about how it was bad to live in it.

[@diatomsaus]

@@hwn2831 I know right, they downplayed everything, such as the gulags, human experimentation, cannibalism during the famines in China... Communist is great isn't it?

[@bephanie]

lol

[@miikey376]

@@diatomsaus communist comes from the word community. it's an idea that would work if people worked together.

[@MrGrace]

@@diatomsaus yeah, because capitalism hasn't produced any atrocities...

[@gold_lightning]

Not gonna lie, this is some netflix worthy documentary material. You really outdid yourself. I never quite understood this tangled mess before and this video straightened it out perfectly. Well done.

[@yagyu6272]

Netflix only has mediocre bullshit, Lies and bullshit

[@looktalike]

@ladawg81 For some really nice context and interviews to compliment this great documentary, I highly recommend checking out BBC's Tetris - From Russia with Love. It actually includes old VHS footage of Henk and Alexey touring Moscow and being best buds.

[@Kickboxer848]

Why isn't this trending on KZbin?!?! It should! It's that amazing of a video!

[@necrojoe]

Sadly, hour-long videos rarely reach trending.

[@robbiewalker2831]

They only promote shit.

[@chungman6167]

They will only promote news show videos, clickbait, some vlogs, and EVERY NOW AND THEN a gaming announcement or trailer.

[@pjcgaming9548]

Insanewaine because this isn’t a Ellen or Jimmy Kimmel video.

[@mistersands339]

Its #25 on trending in the UK!

[@RIP-Daedae]

I never imagined the story of Tetris could be so riveting lol. Bravo! literally fist bumped when Pajitnov finally got what he was owed.

[@Xeo7]

Henk Rogers is a genuinely stand up, good guy. I was touched to hear he brought his friend over from Russia and helped him finally see profit off of his creation in Tetris. Then in the end finding out he started a foundation to end fossil based fuel usage. Seriously, he's a good guy. This has been my favorite video you've created yet, Norman.

[@Jekyll_Island_Creatures]

Fossil fuels make life worth living. They're the reason we're here able to watch a video at our leisure. Don't forget there's upwards of a billion people that don't have access to reliable, cheap energy.

[@ChuuniKaede]

Send A Raven cheaper better and sustainable options already exist. Supporting fossile fuels at this point is borderline retarded.

[@Jekyll_Island_Creatures]

The cleanest form of viable energy is nuclear, but it gets demonized by environmental religious zealots.

[@C0MMANDE12]

Solar energy is getting cheaper than fossil fuels, that's why China has gotten knee deep into it and even the Dubai, Saudi's etc. www.irena.org/publications/2018/Jan/Renewable-power-generation-costs-in-2017 Nuclear energy is not just having the plant, its getting new uranium by mining for it, and storing old for thousands of years (that hopefully will be fuel for newer generations of nuclear plants). It getting better by the new generations but the consequences when something happens are also a magnitude worse than any other source of energy. But nuclear energy won't fade away it will just evolve into new technology, same goes for fossil fuels. But hopefully where the source will be much cleaner in the end.

[@SoulDevoured]

*commends someone on being a good person* *replies are all arguing about fossil fuel usage*

[@galinmeric2149]

1 year later, Tetris battle Royale

[@Cpg443]

I knew I wasn’t the only one that came back

[@thespartan3479]

And it’s still just as addictive 😂😉

[@alessandrocwilliam]

COINCIDENCE? *I DON'T THINK SO*

[@Rogerioapsandrade]

Tetris will never die. People will always find new ways to enjoy it

[@GSK-]

It's addictive as heck, this game is never dying

[@DaveWraptastic]

I just realized that some of the best inventions in entertainment might never have left an office building, basement, group of friends or living room just because the timing wasn't right or the right person didn't notice it. The best novel, piece of music, videogame or movie idea of all time might be collecting dust somewhere right now or is even already lost forever.

[@gothicsuperhero]

Facts.

[@captainmega6310]

Gets you thinking.

[@gunengineering1338]

I've seen many fall through the cracks. I am sure it happens all the time.

[@nateKitsura]

that's why capitalism sucks

[@gunengineering1338]

@@nateKitsura but socialism is the better answer right? The sales pitch that exterminated over 100 million people and counting and turned some of the nicest countries into 3rd world cesspools.

[@SoundEngraver]

I had no idea the story behind Tetris was this intense. Thanks for this video!

[@GamingHistorian]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jmp01a24]

It's better than the 2023 movie, but still they managed to get details wrong. Oh these Americans. When you guys make something it's always tainted by lies and excluding all the facts...

[@SoundEngraver]

@@jmp01a24 Usually people who promote the lies don't like being American.

[@captainmega6310]

​@@jmp01a24like we're the only ones. It's human nature

[@shotguntornado]

I’m so glad Pajitnov finally got paid for Tetris. I want to write the guy a letter or something.

[@WinVisten]

I know! I was going to say the same thing. He deserved money because it was HIS game.

[@jozopako]

That is the problem, people should not get money for that because money is not good moral motivator. You should do products to make people happier and not to make money.

[@leonreaper90]

@jozo Nothing in life is free, you'll learn this later on

[@jozopako]

Leon Reaper oh really? You don't say. When is something normal and real it does not matter it is right. But you will learn this in your life when you will be older.

[@ammosophobia]

And Pokhilko finally ended his pain by slashing his wife and child and blowing his brains out. Yay, Gold Star!

[@minenice4890]

and that's how the greatest battle royale was created

[@waifu_png_pl6854]

it is the best br. im already addicted

[@MarioTube101]

@minenice55The fight for the rights was a battle royale, and now the game is a battle royale.

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

minenice game*

[@lefmike]

um it imspired many other puzzle games...

[@TheCatholicNerd]

Can we all take a moment to reflect how freaking awesome Henk Rogers is? He goes in not having any connections with anyone in russia, becomes best friends with the tetris creator and helps explain the video game industry to the Russians, and later in life starts a company with the creator of Tetris and helps the guy get rights to his own game. Capitalism can be cutthroat, but it's good to see a success story like that where businessmen decide to act morally and use the system to get recognition where it belongs. And the smarmy gits got screwed

[@glowingcrowns1692]

Capitalism can indeed be cut throat. But Communism wouldn't even let the man stand over his own invention. That's a crime against humanity to me. End of the day I'm glad it was a happy ending. Even though the creator got lucky.

[@PsionicMonk]

That's my favorite thing about this whole story.

[@charlesatanasio1622]

Communists and socialists only broadcast the failures, they forget about the successes.

[@ghuff31]

Right? I got a little choked up at the end. He looked out for the goose, not just the egg. It took a good person to do that, even though he didn't have to.

[@nunyanunya4147]

in soviet russia capitalism is new upstart business man. experement will fail. communist laugh last then eat turnip.

[@Spo8]

It feels like there's a non-zero chance that this documentary is directly responsible for the Tetris movie.

[@iainreid6292]

this is a rip of many videos before it

[@hansolowe19]

I hope so.

[@hansolowe19]

​@@iainreid6292source?

[@willpulford8893]

​@@iainreid6292 really? Can you say which ones you think this video ripped off?

[@DogOfHades]

​@willpulford8893 He did not answer because the only rip is the air from his behind.

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

This was incredible! This story could be made into a major Hollywood picture in the same vein as Jobs. What's crazy is how a few of the guys came to such a grisly end... But good to see the guy who actually made the game get what he deserved. Took long enough, but he got it!

[@chancepaladin]

sheesh, no doubt!

[@mmamatt88]

Spot on!

[@CG-RD]

I'd watch it

[@iDGF999]

That dude murdered his whole family. Brings new meaning rage quitting.

[@benni_97at]

Someone PLEASE make that happen!

[@TechieXP]

Dude, this is your best video ever! It literally had me in tears for several reasons. Born in 69, I got to see the video game market nearly crash and getvrevuved by Nintendo here in the US. I knew for a long time their were huge issues with getting Tetris here, but I never knew them. I also got to meet Alexey, as I took had a job at Microsoft as an intern for an outside developer. I also knew he never got a dime for Tetris for several years. But he was never bitter and was just happy of its popularity. I am so happy he finally got his payday which he so long deserved for so many years. I also remember all the releases of Tetris, as I had the Mirrorsoft, Spectrum Holobyte version for both the Pc and Apple computers and of course the best versions ever on the NES and GB. I remember all the commercial and Nintendo huge investment in getting the game on their first major handheld. It is one of the best games ever and i still play through emulators. Seems like all the guys who dealt with this game, all had a bad ending except the guys who were honest businessmen. Very well done video man. Hats off to you.

[@nick-playercharacter8583]

That 'Where Are They Now' segment at the end went to some dark fucking places.

[@UdanaWijesuriya]

I was not expecting that. Also Karma. :)

[@xilverknight155]

The psychologist studying the effects of Tetris and addiction ended up snapping and killing his wife, kid and himself. Kinda ironic.

[@honderdzeventien]

+ Xilverknight155 Xilverknight155 Exactly, that bit struck me too kind of hard. but raised some questions too; I've played my load, and recently started again on my old nes with my son who recently turned four.... what the bleep will happen to us now?!?!

[@takki3942]

herby rietveld prolly be fine if you don't get too addicted

[@lightdark00]

Xilverknight155 I fully expect the KGB killed him and his family. As for the one who had a heart attack drowning, no idea who on that one.

[@patrickmoroney2991]

Watching this again in the wake of the trailer for the Taron Egerton movie being dropped. This is probably my favourite of your docos, Norm - so much of Tetris' history has genuinely cinematic moments.

[@fernando98322]

This might be your finest work yet. The illustrations are beautiful. The story behind Tetris is so darn interesting, but I'm glad the creator at the end had a good ending. These guys are crazy, negotiating on the backs of the Soviet Union.

[@naapalm82]

fernando98322 especially since personal profit was supposed to be illegal in the USSR. To quote Histeria: In America, you can be anything you want to be and if you can make money doing it, do it! In communist Russia, you can be anything comrade Stalin wants you to be and if you can make money doing it, he’ll take it.

[@Atlink]

A game about falling blocks becomes something akin to another cold war. Who would have ever thought something so simple could be so complex? Licensing battles, secret meetings, international espionage... All because we wanted to clear lines of blocks. Good god, what a ride.

[@shmackatrotsky5394]

Atlink alotta ppl knew they stood a chance of becoming filthy rich off that game. which leads to all kinds of cutthroat shenanigans.

[@melissawickersham9912]

And now there is a feature film based on this story.

[@dava_arvarabi]

In Soviet Russia, Tetris made video about Gaming Historian

[@LateNightPerson]

lol

[@michellequinn1940]

Just had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Pajitnov recently and he is one of the most genuine, charming and likable people I've ever met.

[@abdalaez]

56:04 56:27 Holy shit!! That turned dark pretty quickly!

[@brentusfirmus]

Right?

[@rangoononline]

This is better than 90 percent of the content on Netflix.

[@Pablo123456x]

That's a very low bar. Awesome video though.

[@theeternalslayer]

Thats because its content focuses on telling the truth and not pushing an agenda or exaggerating it just the development of the highest selling game of all time.

[@candiepunk1686]

*99999999999

[@vubhuhjkbhubohjb]

But the Amy Schumer special.....

[@freebird0147]

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric reported to the police.

[@DrunkenHotei]

This is the definition of quality content on KZbin.

[@MarcelWillis]

I was a competitive Tetris player. I found this documentary during the Covid shutdown and I've enjoyed watching it ever since. I wonder if the new AppleTV movie will give credit to Gaming Historian for inspiring the movie. This entire documentary reads like a rough draft of a screenplay. Well done man...Well done.

[@FLXEP]

Norman said that he got many screenwriters reached him for working on a Tetris story movie, but they all come back and said that the rights to the story is already sold. So, Norman didn't get the chance to be credited since the AppleTV movie is probably already planned before Gaming Historian Tetris doc.

[@pokehybridtrainer]

​@@FLXEP Good on him to get that cheddar for all of the blood sweat and tears for making this doc.

[@tarcmaylor]

Damn, I didn't realize I wanted to watch a full-length movie about the history of Tetris, but here I am.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Or that Nintendo would destroy Atari and mirror soft

[@overlordalfredo]

*Well worth the wait!*

[@BURNINGMITAKA]

Overlord Alfredo indeed

[@GarageLoot]

I want to talk to the 66 people who voted this down.

[@nb6806]

Garage Loot likely the former employees of Mirrorsoft and Tengen

[@GarageLoot]

Naughty Bottom lol Great point.

[@drnumbnuts656]

Came to learn about Tetris. Ended up learning about politics.

[@skyden24195]

When Nikolai Belikov met Henk Rogers and found out what was really going on, he was all like, "Ok, I'll show you how we really play 'Russian Roulette.'" lol. That was a really interesting story. I've not known the details of the game in that depth before. Mostly I just knew it was a debacle to get Tetris out of the U.S.S.R. at the time. Really, I love the way Belikov handled the situation, especially with his assessment and maneuvering of the three men who had come for the hand-held rights. He was the right guy in the right place for the right reason. Also, Gorbachev telling Maxwell (Sr.) to basically "Get over it! My country is in crisis and you're whining to me about some b.s. video game licensing issue." 😆

[@AnimalFacts]

That was extremely well done Bravo

[@BrunoPhilipe]

It's a well deserved take on a well deserving story. I knew the history of Tetris was a mess, but I had no idea it was this convoluted.

[@sinisterelephant8658]

It would have been so easy to put the Tetris theme in throughout the video, and I did play it in my head, but saving it until the end was a master stroke. Using the classic instrumental was even better.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

I love how our first reaction to tetris was "This is good, really good.... Really really good.....too good, COULD THIS BE A Soviet PLOT!!!???

[@robbiewalker2831]

Anarchy Empire I would like to see a documentary type movie based on this.

[@alejandrorivas4585]

@@robbiewalker2831 i mean you just did lol

[@robbiewalker2831]

Alejandro Rivas let me rephrase that: I would like it if this was the idea of a movie made for theaters; like that it tells a story about Tetris like it was some sort of “government conspiracy”, and just use cool graphics as montages; rather than straight up turning the game into an unfaithful movie about science fiction.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

@@robbiewalker2831 so you want to give it the looking for Hitler treatment then?

[@amogus7]

yeah

[@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D]

I strongly suspect it was this video that inspired Jon S. Baird, Noah Pink, Matthew Vaughn, Gillian Berrie, Claudia Schiffer, Len Blavatnik, and Gregor Cameron to make their Tetris movie.

[@markynio]

I got emotional when Rogers and Pajitnov met and from that day there was something that left good impresion on boths sides. Then When I read that they teamed up and founded The Tetris Company my eyes cried a little :)

[@davezanko9051]

Yep. The story has a happy ending because two guys became genuine friends and still are. The true power of friendship.

[@zomboridejan]

Did you got emotional when uou found out about Vladimir Pokhilko's sad end?

[@markynio]

@@zomboridejan not until now.

[@nomnomstirn1532]

@@zomboridejan What about Maxwell’s end? Based on the information given his death seemed suspicious. Idk how someone would get a heart attack along with an accidental drowning.

[@raistlarn]

@@nomnomstirn1532 heart attack while swimming will most likely end in drowning. The idea he died after looting his employees pensions throws up a bunch of red flags though.

[@HowToX]

To be specific, the Soviets boycotted the 1984 olympics in response to America boycotting the 1980 olympics. But seriously, this is one of the best KZbin videos I've ever seen.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Great to see this finally hit the KZbins. Great job, Norman. :)

[@PSVitaat2am]

He always does great work!

[@benpreston7962]

Avgn is better

[@stevencooney761]

Has norm ever done anything with avgn?

[@OfficialDJUnikittyYT]

Both AVGN and Pat are better

[@wonkyflonky69]

yo chill out lmao

[@xAngelsOfHellx]

Henk Rogers is an absolute boss and having Taron Egerton play him is just perfect hahah

[@Gojiro7]

I think one of the most heart warming things about this story was Howard Lincoln casually throwing in royalty payments too Pajitnov for creating the game, its a shame the Russian's found that insulting.

[@dangerco8789]

"Inappropriate," not "insulting." He wrote it on Company time, on Company equipment. Any Western corporation would have done the exact same thing.

[@bluegum6438]

And then once Elorg had their fill, they sold half of his creation back to him in an act of mercy. Isn't business grand?

[@kinggremlin4574]

@44444 777 Not the same thing. He used their computer equipment to create it which was not something Russians could afford to have in their home like a pen and paper for a book.

[@kinggremlin4574]

@44444 777 I'm not against him getting money. All I'm saying is the way it was setup at his work, he was not the legal owner of the software he created and he was not legally entitled to any money. The video explains very clearly that even if he was the legal owner, he could not license it abroad.

[@rhysredin3030]

f@44444 777 If you design a car while working at Ford, while on Ford's time, using Ford's equipment, is it your car or is it Ford's?

[@TerenceKearns]

Did you realize that Robert Maxwell was Gislaine Maxwell's dad? This doco was beautifully made and told. The artwork was truly artful. Really enjoyable and fascinating.

[@purple_cat7836]

christ

[@markb4328]

I'm surprised they didn't refer to him as a controversial figure. He caused the collapse of a major bank among many other controversies (such as being a suspected spy).

[@carsonjackson415]

thought that to myself when i saw it! Funny how people such as him are connected to things as unrelated as Tetris and pedophilia

[@roninmarketingproductions]

His death was very suspicious

[@devinisdead4061]

It’s time for Rogers to hammer stein.

[@IcyHaze02]

This is too good. It should go on the Trending part of KZbin.

[@chrishorn4561]

It already is

[@Gezajozsi]

been a while... since I've watched this, but honestly this was the best recounting of the events. The movie twists it a bit, adds a little bit of urgency and drama, but I had to come back and rewatch this awesome story from the perfect perspective. Ty Norman :)

[@epy0nkaru]

"I'll just have to deal with the Russians myself" Okay Henk Rogers is kind of a badass.

[@chaoscontroller316]

The type of badass that goes looking for a fight yet nobody has to die for him to win.

[@RhythmGrizz]

Yep

[@paulaldo9413]

Went to the capital of the communist superpower, without knowing anything about it nor bringing anyone with him. Total badass. Perhaps it's true that fortune favors the bold.

[@paulchapman8023]

Paul Aldo not even knowing the language. I don’t know whether that’s badass or insane. I guess the difference between badass and insane is nothing more than the difference between success and failure.

[@Mimi.1001]

And not only did he manage to succeed in his goal, but also got a probably lifelong friendship out of this.

[@verdatum]

This video is a clear labor of love. You went above and beyond here. This is absolutely incredible.

[@losingfayth]

me: "What an interesting story, an all around good time!" the endcard: HE MURDERED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN THEN KILLED HIMSELF

[@hagamapama]

This is why it is very dangerous to study madness.

[@BopLouie]

HIS NAKED BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

[@faustlican5566]

Stare long enough into the abyss...blah blah blah xD

[@iamhungey12345]

Tetris sucks out your sanity.

[@yurilia7384]

@@iamhungey12345 (assuming you started with sanity in the first place)

[@dntm123]

The trailer for the Tetris movie showed what looked to be a car chase, and I was like, I don't recall that the Gaming Historians video. Also, the trailer seems to portray Rogers as being in considerable danger when in Moscow, but when watching this, it seems he had it rather easy, aside from that one confrontation with Belikov. Unlike most historical event movies, I'll be going into this one actually knowing the real story first, thanks to this video.

[@Spo8]

Yeah, there's a lot of sequences in the movie where the main characters are being menaced by the KGB but that doesn't sound very accurate. They did stick fairly closely to the broad strokes of the rest of the story, though.

[@jesuscontreraslopez]

Happened to me!! But I still enjoyed the move tough.

[@matheusvillela9150]

@@Spo8 Red scare propaganda, plain and simple

[@orangeman3220]

They gotta put in some hollywood in there, and for what its worth, Henk Roger's applauded it as 100% emotionally accurate.

[@matheusvillela9150]

@@orangeman3220 I'm sure the money he got from the movie helped with his emotions

[@thatplane3865]

What a fucking mess, I can’t believe that Tetris still exists after this debacle. Also amazing video, the effort, the drawings and voice over are incredible and this matches the documentary quality.

[@marlojimenezmd]

This deserves a live action Netflix movie. Damn. Great job gaming historian. You should also port this to Netflix.

[@Live-Life-Freely]

Not Netflix perhaps this same channel just with more funding.

[@mikenotsure4683]

Ohh yes can the team that worked on Mario bros the movie make it?

[@marlojimenezmd]

Apple +

[@rajdeepkashyap5766]

Hey, look where we are now!

[@jeffreyjohnsonakashadowolf5562]

56:21 Gaming Historian: In November of 1991, Robert Maxwells naked body was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean. Creepy Tetris theme music plays

[@blakjjags0697]

Jeffrey Johnson AKA ShadoWolf *jazz music stops*

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

55:57 Also Gaming Historian: Vladimir Pokhilko, who studied the psychological effect of Tetris, murders his wife and 12 year old son, before punching his own ticket Creepy Tetris vibe intensifies

[@serismith1798]

I came here to find people talking about this. Scary stuff

[@theologynerd1689]

His death was ruled a "heart attack" plus "accidental drowning"? Yeah sure. He was billions of dollars in debt and stole employee pension funds to pay some of the debt; if disgruntled employee didn't pay a cleaner to dump him naked into the middle of the ocean, somebody got tired of his excuses.

[@seekerfound9150]

@@theologynerd1689 the ocean water is heart stoppingly cold, afterall

[@jp93309]

My first job out of college was at Spectrum HoloByte, from 92-97. Had the honor of working for Gilman Louie and Alexey Pajitnov who we brought on board as a consultant on Tetris spinoffs Super Tetris and Wordtris. Fun times!

[@aquamidideluxe5079]

I was grinning over the happy ending Alexey Pajitnov got, then startled at the brutality of Vladimir Pokhilko's bio at the end. Also Henk Rogers seems like a great guy all around, both for helping Pajitnov and his modern-day environmental pursuits.

[@Hue_Sam]

I guess the maxwells got the short end of the stick…

[@kuronoch.1441]

​@@Hue_SamDeserved though. Remember that Ghislaine Maxwell was also a member of that particular company.

[@ShadowCompany01]

@@kuronoch.1441 member of the company? Robert was her father!

[@kyucklebeans]

Lol I was gonna say that Henk seems like a great guy but I’m wondering why he’s pushing the climate scam now. Luxury cause for the wealthy. He must have a private jet or six, like the others in on the scam.

[@johndotcue]

Love how everyone involved in this got addicted to playing this simple game haha

[@Keithustus]

Well there hasn’t really been anything like it before. We humans had no defense. Its spread actually reminds me of COVID: starts in one little area, gets passed around with little notice, largely through intimate contacts in indoor settings. After several months it’s goddamn everywhere and can’t be ignored.

[@TheCoolDave]

Even today, many years after this game was the shit... pick it up... play for a while.. .You'll be addicted to too...

[@theraymunator]

To be fair, Tetris is very addictive, even today. I don't even like puzzle games but every time I play Tetris I end up doing it for like 2 hours just to get that dopamine rush.

[@believeonjesus7215]

The Gospel: JESUS died for our sins on the cross, HE shed HIS holy, innocent , precious blood for us (HIS blood washes away ALL sins) HE was buried but on the third day GOD raised HIM from the dead. All you have to do to be saved is: Believe in JESUS, trust in HIS blood. JESUS did everything for you, no works are required for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9) . (Don’t forget to repent of sin. )

[@theraymunator]

@@believeonjesus7215 hail satan

[@costatheodosiou8751]

This documentary is an absolute masterpiece. This is required material for anyone in the video game industry.

[@Kummituslinna]

Costa Theodosiou except it’s a ripoff of BBC documentary

[@_Moar]

Here from the newly announced Tetris movie. I had no idea there was a story behind this iconic game. I am eager to learn, 5 years later

[@BlueHeartAngela2025]

Same, and now I'm excited to check out the other videos on this channel!

[@SayumGunarathna20904]

Same here

[@squallphin]

As a 35 yers old gamer i cried at then when finally Pajitnov could make money of his creation

[@teapub9119]

Shigeru was like the Marvel cameo of this story

[@ayden7252]

Samuel Voltz wtf no he isnt

[@DerUbermonke]

Samuel Voltz no he isn’t

[@_Katzenberg]

It's all connected.

[@msbae]

This is the best episode you've done since the biography on Satoru Iwata.

[@yintungz1]

After watching the Apple TV trailer, I just had to come back to this video to watch it again. Thanks Norm as always, for making this.

[@mondogmonger1151]

Wow. Everything I never knew behind that game that came packaged with my Game Boy. I think it's a safe bet to say that Tetris through all its legal turmoil, was an important turn in the history of events for Russia and the Soviet Union in terms of learning to play hard ball in the game of Capitalism internationally. What an awesome story in the pages of history.

[@soopGnat]

Alexey Pajitnov is one of my heroes. He's a hard-working, humble, brilliant man with love in his heart.

[@mrsadcountryballiraq6992]

He's a Good man a Real good man that is For sure

[@coniferous3132]

It really gets me that the only reason he ever got his royalties is because he *made a friend*. There is a life lesson in there, somewhere.

[@nessamillikan6247]

@@coniferous3132 Well, if you think about it, how does anyone ever get a high paying position? A few people will get there on hard work alone, but the majority will get there because they have connections. In life, it's all about where you are and who you know.

[@dr.harrysalemiii5421]

Funny story, my father took my Game Boy and Tetris to Zambia when he met president Frederick Chiluba. He showed the game to the presidents body guards and let them borrow the Game Boy. In the morning the guards came to my dad and said the Game Boy was broken when actually they had worn the batteries out playing Tetris all night. Now thats international diplomacy lol.

[@moore9793]

@Jean Philippe "The original Game Boyboasted anywhere from 10 to 30 hours of battery life on four AA batteries, according to different sources (the more generous estimates came from Nintendo itself at launch)."

[@wyxoshi2944]

r/thathappened

[@dr.harrysalemiii5421]

Yeah, the Zambians didn’t see a lot of video game consoles or hand heads in the 90s so it was a treat for the guards.

[@marcelerystick7416]

And then everyone clapped

[@kauswekazilimani3736]

Greatings from Zambia

[@Curtis-Randall]

I just rewatched this and it’s even better the second time. Norm, you are a brilliant film maker and the world can’t thank you enough

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

Tetris teaches you a valuable life lesson: success vanishes but mistakes accumulate.

[@almostliterally593]

It also provides sexual education

[@witbcoedus]

Underrated comment

[@jofx4051]

Tf why it is so true 😂

[@believeonjesus7215]

The Gospel: JESUS died for our sins on the cross, HE shed HIS holy, innocent , precious blood for us (HIS blood washes away ALL sins) HE was buried but on the third day GOD raised HIM from the dead. All you have to do to be saved is: Believe in JESUS, trust in HIS blood. JESUS did everything for you, no works are required for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9) . (Don’t forget to repent of sin. )!.

[@Luna_Kirisame]

@@believeonjesus7215 this is the gaming historian. why would you even post that here? i'm not mad or anything, but aren't there like satan worshiping channels and such you can go post this stuff on? it kinda sounds like yur puting the square peg in the round hole.

[@lukebell4738]

Number one best selling game in the world: Tetris Second best selling game in the world: Minecraft People love block games.

[@eventyraren]

And neather of them are from USA

[@rickardrakkoon2500]

There's something to be said for simplicity in an over detailed world.

[@Kebabrulle4869]

Both were made for fun, (initially) by only one person, and are still popular to this day.

[@tylerhoyt9979]

Both are inmortal.

[@adamcochrane3867]

Fortnite: hold my beer

[@jksanrio]

56:06 Hold on, the guy studying the psychological effects murdered his own family?? Didn’t see that coming. We need a full story on THAT TOO!

[@keithv708]

Same here

[@zoladkow]

Well me thinks the murder part was to cover the fact that the suicide part was assisted, but that's me...

[@turbojurpo]

Hey this is the kind of shit that happens when you play too much tetris

[@miserychannel69]

Maxwell triple agent, murdered, family of spies - Ghislaine continued in the family business with her honey pot scheme to compromise high ranking officials .. small world ;)

[@TerenceKearns]

@@miserychannel69 In-Q-Tel was also involved in 911. 56:50

[@timothytorigian7932]

Here after watching the Tetris movie. I'm impressed with how much they got right. Either way, amazing work.

[@RedShockInc]

Holly cow! an hour? im so excited! thanks!

[@beinghonest9433]

it was good should be a movie it had everything

[@LevaniKa]

it would be a good movie, like "Bridge of Spies"

[@JoseAlberto-dh8pf]

Hola Alex no esperaba encontrarte por aqui

[@believeonjesus7215]

The Gospel: JESUS died for our sins on the cross, HE shed HIS holy, innocent , precious blood for us (HIS blood washes away ALL sins) HE was buried but on the third day GOD raised HIM from the dead. All you have to do to be saved is: Believe in JESUS, trust in HIS blood. JESUS did everything for you, no works are required for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9) . (Don’t forget to repent of sin. ).!

[@VidweII]

@@believeonjesus7215 bahahaha gfy.

[@exxinferis24]

Not kidding, I just gave this video a standing ovation. The best I've seen in a long time and now I'm convinced this should be the story for a tetris movie

[@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd]

I agree, this alone could be a DVD release.

[@chrishorn4561]

Did your laptop do a bow whilst you applauded it

[@RheaStorm]

Boy do I have news for you!

[@SuperMakeSomething]

This video is excellent! The story is fascinating, it is presented in a comprehensive and complete way, and the production quality is fantastic. Thank you for sharing!

[@itsmorphinetime]

Rewatched this today after the Tetris movie announcement. Such an amazingly made documentary on the subject, and excited to see this story play out in movie form

[@MlninPricl]

The whole time I'm seeing this in my sidebox I'm thinking to myself "I already saw an awesome in depth documentary about Tetris. No way this is anything but a rehash of everything I already saw in that one." Boy was I wrong. I'm sure you saw the one I'm talking about because it use to be most comprehensible account of the Tetris copyright circus before you created this. This is your best work yet.

[@aceyspud551]

Me: Almost an hour long? For Tetris!? How much can there be to say about such a simple game? Opening: The Cold War... Me: o___O

[@HighKingOfSkyrim37]

It is one of the simplest games ever made with one of the most complicated history.

[@majztic]

Who would have thought?

[@paulchapman8023]

It almost makes me wonder who invented chess, and what events inspired that invention.

[@TesKal41]

They say tetris was simple but it took me years to learn how to play it

[@PanchoKnivesForever]

@@paulchapman8023 The better question would be, "what events TRANspired with that invention."

[@llSuperSnivyll]

You could make a movie out of the history of Tetris. Especially with the part where everyone went to Moscow to secure their own deals.

[@eventyraren]

I have hered rumors fore years now of an "Tetris: the movie". I hope it is this movie.

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

@@eventyraren Supposedly the movie is a space opera. If it's an allegory for what went down here, though, I'd be cool.

[@pills-]

@@eventyraren I hope so too. When I heard "tetris movie" I had horror premonitions of a movie based on the gameplay of Tetris...

[@kymion]

You're watching it

[@DECimotA]

This is more of a documentary, but I loved it. I’ve never sat down and watched a documentary, sure as hell not an hour long one, but I’m glad I watched this. It would be really cool to see a Tetris movie made about how it evolved from that little game in that Department of Sciences to a version where ninety-nine people face off against each other worldwide. Basically, turning the documentary into a movie. I’d totally watch it.

[@jennacided6502]

I watched the Tetris movie and as soon as the credits rolled I was looking all over for the real history that the drama of the movie hinted at. It was a great movie! Turns out the genesis of Tetris is an incredible, unbelievable story. Thanks for the rundown of what happened (without the frills of moviemaking)! 😁

[@sobman]

now there's a Tetris show on apple