This is like something PBS would air on television. It's that good.
@SlavomirG6 жыл бұрын
The BBC document: Tetris - From Russia with Love (available on YT) is much better than this and available since 2004
@MrBallsMalone6 жыл бұрын
Seriously
@DanTheMan1985ful6 жыл бұрын
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."
@adrianbelzer56306 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with this statement!
@emdotrod6 жыл бұрын
Slavomir G The BBC is an actual broadcasting company. For a KZbin channel, this surely an impressive job
@ServantRules5 жыл бұрын
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.
@sacripudding45865 жыл бұрын
I mean nintendo also seemed interested in paying Pajitnov. It was elorg who declined.
@RossWasTaken5 жыл бұрын
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
@bp9685 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheEtherny5 жыл бұрын
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
@bp9685 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@JonGon0056 жыл бұрын
"Why is Tetris fun?" - Yamauchi "Because your secretaries and accountants are playing it." - Miyamoto Best response ever.
@rjnash26106 жыл бұрын
Umm... no.
@llSuperSnivyll5 жыл бұрын
In other words: "People who would otherwise never touch a game are enjoying it. What do YOU think?"
@thelegendofhuman27545 жыл бұрын
Streaming from the Suburbs yeah Miyamoto is a cool guy
@thelegendofhuman27545 жыл бұрын
the 117 doctor miyamoto is still alive
@dani.munoz.a235 жыл бұрын
the 117 doctor hes alive
@coreymyers5321 Жыл бұрын
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!
@belimbingpanas8724 Жыл бұрын
Eyyy I click back to this video because I know someone will comment this out
@NoahDaArk Жыл бұрын
I came From the Tetris trailer too. Had to see if the story was just as crazy as it seemed
@brettdibble2763 Жыл бұрын
same reason for visiting this vid. so far this documentary makes the situation a LOT more tame than what the trailer presented.
@warweasel2832 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed xD. Also, that Belikov guy is an unsong hero. MVP of the negotiation behind Tetris, along with Rogers.
@naheemquattlebaum22675 жыл бұрын
This had to be the most complex fight for licensing rights in history.
@knightofy333schua85 жыл бұрын
ikr?!?! I could barely keep up XDD
@zurypuebla88795 жыл бұрын
Is it
@NickShvelidze5 жыл бұрын
I still don't get it why did they even need a license, did Soviet Union even recognize intellectual property?
@Toni1988ify5 жыл бұрын
@@NickShvelidze Well it's clear they did...
@invock5 жыл бұрын
In videogames, that might indeed be the case. In other medias... *laughs in LOTR*
@calamusquill1164 жыл бұрын
The History of Tetris could so be a movie. We need Henk Rogers to negotiate the film rights.
@zwooop644 жыл бұрын
Its in the works with Taron Egerton to star
@paulsd92553 жыл бұрын
@@zwooop64 as Henk Rogers, mind you.
@DrWho2008t1013 жыл бұрын
yup
@aydendunnfilmmusic3 жыл бұрын
Kind of like “the founder” but with Tetris. I would so watch that.
@bralenmurphy19913 жыл бұрын
Russia might take too long to sign the rights off
@Danielo7R5 жыл бұрын
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.
@fabian50025 жыл бұрын
Yeah sure, money had nothing to do with it.
@odeplay5 жыл бұрын
i didnt know that this was a real story
@NeoKyoKusanagi5 жыл бұрын
@@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. ^_-
@Makarosc4 жыл бұрын
Well the Soviet Union would've died anyway and Patijov would get it back
@k.k92064 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@raveouscarlias4479 Жыл бұрын
It's crazy just how involved in video game history Miyamoto is. Dude is a Legend.
@realmetatron9 ай бұрын
The Stan Lee of gaming!
@OuTSMOKE7 ай бұрын
Basically everything great in video gaming history post-atari was touched by either Miyamoto, Iwata, or both of them.
@bluebaron68117 ай бұрын
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.
@johnroe39154 ай бұрын
He basically raised this generation. He's our virtual father.
@pacoramon9468Ай бұрын
Nowadays he only makes Paper Mario boring.
@ThatOneVideoGamer6 жыл бұрын
Blown away with how this turned out. Norm - you out did yourself. So proud of you!
@twinkiesmaster696 жыл бұрын
The Completionist ,I've noticed you there jirard buddy
@erikrick6 жыл бұрын
Nice voice over work
@jaredahumada43536 жыл бұрын
Look is the guy who couldn't complete Metroid Prime 3 v:
@jaredahumada43536 жыл бұрын
I'm kidding, I'm huge fan of your show. Please don't kill me :"v
@kriscarlson9106 жыл бұрын
Jared Ahumada too soon...lol
@ConnerTheWaffle6 жыл бұрын
59 minutes of Tetris history I was born for this moment!
@doraeguyakaneddie65866 жыл бұрын
ConnerTheWaffle When are you going to do I hate marsbars?
@yulikitten6 жыл бұрын
ConnerTheWaffle Here's an idea. Tetris rip-offs
@doraeguyakaneddie65866 жыл бұрын
Dudley Hudgenson He already did it but he took it down here’s a reupload kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4DSnXSAet-nf7c
@doraeguyakaneddie65866 жыл бұрын
Litten14 Who is it?
@PSVitaat2am6 жыл бұрын
It must be our birthday!
@GamingHistorian6 жыл бұрын
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!
@megajaredx96796 жыл бұрын
FINALLY! THANK YOU!!!
@louskunt1256 жыл бұрын
I'll enjoy this tonight. Thanks, Norm.
@SHR77786 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@RickyTheFoxOfficialChannel6 жыл бұрын
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!
@frankiebeans80556 жыл бұрын
Gaming Historian awesome work my friend.
@michaelgoff450411 ай бұрын
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.
@CatzyCatzy18 күн бұрын
What was his personality. He seems to be a mentally strong man.
@michaelgoff450418 күн бұрын
@@CatzyCatzy Very friendly individual. Not someone who comes across as having done a big thing.
@CatzyCatzy18 күн бұрын
@@michaelgoff4504 him as a Russian living in the US surprises me. He seems to be a humble man just by your description.
@alyshakhan59095 жыл бұрын
I felt sorry for Pajitnov, I'm glad he got the money in the end. He was good and wholesome throughout the process :)
@BounnoyPhanthavong5 жыл бұрын
That Henk Rogers sure is a good fella.
@gabrielgoncalves27635 жыл бұрын
Communism sucks, and still today lots of morons want this crap.
@poshio15 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielgoncalves2763 communism had nothing to do
@faustlican55665 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielgoncalves2763 uneducated savage
@CalamackLP5 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@penguinpie50565 жыл бұрын
'when kevin maxwell told his father the news about tetris he reportedly "went apeshit"'. ...absolutely magical storytelling of the highest order
@MrSuckeragi5 жыл бұрын
its a higher form than batshit
@johnlarson78585 жыл бұрын
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.
@christopherdavidson82674 ай бұрын
These are the same Maxwell's involved with Mossad and sex trafficking, al a Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell.
@Goldilush2 ай бұрын
But what did Ghislaine think?
@misterguy29295 жыл бұрын
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.
@cragnog5 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@cragnog5 жыл бұрын
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_Tiger935 жыл бұрын
im preety sure that anyone who using his game must pay alexey for borrowing his invention, Nintendo, sega and many others publishers devs..
@olsen99q5 жыл бұрын
@@cragnog You're absolutely right, this story is ripe for a movie adaption. It'll happen, I'm sure.
@oneofmanyalexs5 жыл бұрын
@@olsen99q There is a Tetris movie in the work. not abot this story though. It's a (planned) sci-fi Trilogy.
@jaxpool155 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Im sure she also loved the new Tetris movie
@Mandarin9900 Жыл бұрын
@@KaruYTPrem1 I wouldn't be so sure
@cb23275 жыл бұрын
me: oh ok, a history on tetris , this should be a little trivia video Gaming Historian: The Cold War... Me: Oh my
@hwn28315 жыл бұрын
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.
@diatomsaus4 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@stephanieb6634 жыл бұрын
lol
@miikey3764 жыл бұрын
@@diatomsaus communist comes from the word community. it's an idea that would work if people worked together.
@MrGrace4 жыл бұрын
@@diatomsaus yeah, because capitalism hasn't produced any atrocities...
@LochNessHamster6 жыл бұрын
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.
@MegaManNetworkOfCourse5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I'd drink vodka with him.
@teapub91195 жыл бұрын
@@MegaManNetworkOfCourse hell yeah
@neoamaru5 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@nurlindafsihotang49 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Poopsticle_2566 жыл бұрын
This is what the history channel should air, not aliens and storage wars...
@gang-ridertv54336 жыл бұрын
The "what channel"?
@HistoryandReviews6 жыл бұрын
Poopsticle_256 history doesn't air storage wars
@nitrosherbert8886 жыл бұрын
The history channel is always been full of b******* way beyond the aliens
@lainhikaru56576 жыл бұрын
NITRO SHERBERT Even though some pieces of memorabilia have history behind them I'm also kinda sick of the thousand re-runs of pawn stars,basically it's "Fat man gets richer" show.
@alexandramartinez37156 жыл бұрын
Agree
@arturocaissut1071 Жыл бұрын
I hope the upcoming Tetris movie brings more people to this video, resulting in the views it deserves. This is a masterpiece.
@BlueHeartAngelaBabyRosalina500 Жыл бұрын
A comment in the trailer of the movie led me here, and now subbed and excited to see all the other docs!
@DanielSmith-zo1db Жыл бұрын
That’s why I’m here
@Beus38 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@Trinity Lively he makes excellent content absolutely super informative and always interesting
@WesNumber1 Жыл бұрын
I hope this documentary gets recognized in the credits of the Tetris movie
@LGR6 жыл бұрын
This is beyond excellent, Norm. Fantastic work untangling the whole ordeal!
@rjnash26106 жыл бұрын
Hey Clit! How's it goin'?
@Nerdstrategy6 жыл бұрын
Reconized your voice and the completionists in it. It's crazy each episode of his could be a DVD itself
@store_brand6 жыл бұрын
Clint your props give this vid credence.
@robertmartin57816 жыл бұрын
And his voice work in said video gives it a sophisticated layer of suave savvy... Or something.. I was just trying to sound cool.
@QLTD6 жыл бұрын
Hey Clint, did Norman give you royalties for using your voice?
@galinmeric21495 жыл бұрын
1 year later, Tetris battle Royale
@Cpg4435 жыл бұрын
I knew I wasn’t the only one that came back
@thespartan34795 жыл бұрын
And it’s still just as addictive 😂😉
@alessandrocwilliam5 жыл бұрын
COINCIDENCE? *I DON'T THINK SO*
@Rogerioapsandrade5 жыл бұрын
Tetris will never die. People will always find new ways to enjoy it
@GSK-5 жыл бұрын
It's addictive as heck, this game is never dying
@LINK678906 жыл бұрын
I cried at the end. Alekséi Pázhitnov deserved a happy ending, and he indeed get it.
@absursi0n1226 жыл бұрын
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.
@catsii5 жыл бұрын
i cried too!! you're not alone
@KWTurpin5 жыл бұрын
@@absursi0n122 I grew up slaughtering my own cows and chickens, and I teared up a little at the end of this.
@octoman_games5 жыл бұрын
the whole video was awesome and the ending with the tetris song was spectacular!
@kyledean19665 жыл бұрын
Copyright laws are so messed up. They actively have harmed more content creators than they have helped them.
@Leinad0001 Жыл бұрын
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. Жыл бұрын
It's funny cuz Tetris now has a movie.
@mikedrop4421 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@walkerphillips28189 ай бұрын
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...
@johnpijano47868 ай бұрын
@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_N647 ай бұрын
@@mikedrop4421This story was well documented back in 1989 by the gaming press. It's not some new discovery.
@PixelGameSquad6 жыл бұрын
Videos like this is why you will always be respected in the community 🎮💪
@cheesepuffs28586 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@robscallon5 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic
@TheTenthDentist5 жыл бұрын
Suprised to see you commenting on something like this rob.
@datllamadoh63435 жыл бұрын
Rob Scallon yeah surprisingly interesting, btw tell dave to learn to cool rather then eating microwave meals.
@canman875 жыл бұрын
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.
@eliwarren63585 жыл бұрын
holy fRIck it's Rob Scallon.
@TetrisShark705 жыл бұрын
Rob liked videogames? Hell yeah.
@shotguntornado6 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad Pajitnov finally got paid for Tetris. I want to write the guy a letter or something.
@WinVisten6 жыл бұрын
I know! I was going to say the same thing. He deserved money because it was HIS game.
@jozopako6 жыл бұрын
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.
@leonreaper906 жыл бұрын
@jozo Nothing in life is free, you'll learn this later on
@jozopako6 жыл бұрын
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.
@ammosophobia4 жыл бұрын
And Pokhilko finally ended his pain by slashing his wife and child and blowing his brains out. Yay, Gold Star!
@Spo8 Жыл бұрын
It feels like there's a non-zero chance that this documentary is directly responsible for the Tetris movie.
@iainreid6292 Жыл бұрын
this is a rip of many videos before it
@hansolowe198 ай бұрын
I hope so.
@hansolowe198 ай бұрын
@@iainreid6292source?
@willpulford88935 ай бұрын
@@iainreid6292 really? Can you say which ones you think this video ripped off?
@DogOfHades4 ай бұрын
@willpulford8893 He did not answer because the only rip is the air from his behind.
@reisjames16 жыл бұрын
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.
@hagamapama5 жыл бұрын
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..
@davidpumpkinsjr.51083 жыл бұрын
Tetris teaches you a valuable life lesson: success vanishes but mistakes accumulate.
@almostliterally5933 жыл бұрын
It also provides sexual education
@witbcoedus3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@jofx40513 жыл бұрын
Tf why it is so true 😂
@believeonjesus72153 жыл бұрын
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_Kirisame3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@minenice48905 жыл бұрын
and that's how the greatest battle royale was created
@waifu_png_pl68545 жыл бұрын
it is the best br. im already addicted
@MarioTube1015 жыл бұрын
@minenice55The fight for the rights was a battle royale, and now the game is a battle royale.
@DacStudiosEntertainment5 жыл бұрын
minenice game*
@lefmike4 жыл бұрын
um it imspired many other puzzle games...
@DeadCatX2 Жыл бұрын
Has anyone else ever noticed that Miyamoto-san is always smiling in every picture? It's like there is pure joy flowing in his blood.
@vashstampede5933 Жыл бұрын
That man IS living the dream, he is also a LEGEND in the gaming industry I'd be smiling ear to ear too!
@dava_arvarabi6 жыл бұрын
In Soviet Russia, Tetris made video about Gaming Historian
@LateNightPerson6 жыл бұрын
lol
@AustinJohnPlays6 жыл бұрын
Watched every minute of it. The time and effort that went into this is amazing. 10/10 would watch again.
@J0SHUAKANE6 жыл бұрын
watched it again, now i must show it to others.
@thearbinator24876 жыл бұрын
Eyyyy! It's Austin John!
@falconeagle36556 жыл бұрын
I only realized now that this was 1 hour !!!!!!!!!!
@mikeluna20265 жыл бұрын
My third time already. Better than a movie. Granted, I'm an Indie dev so Norm's videos are often rather inspiring.
@believeonjesus72153 жыл бұрын
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. )
@DaveWraptastic2 жыл бұрын
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.
@gothicsuperhero2 жыл бұрын
Facts.
@captainmega63102 жыл бұрын
Gets you thinking.
@gunengineering13382 жыл бұрын
I've seen many fall through the cracks. I am sure it happens all the time.
@nateKitsura2 жыл бұрын
that's why capitalism sucks
@gunengineering13382 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@MALEMization Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@cloud99vii27 I like to think all the people involved in this story laughing at the film for dramatizing a bunch of things.
@matheuscabral9618 Жыл бұрын
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”
@maximillianmarcosebastian8807 ай бұрын
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.
@MALEMization7 ай бұрын
@@maximillianmarcosebastian880 I agree 100% on Vadim! He was CRUCIAL in Tetris's development!
@TheCatholicNerd2 жыл бұрын
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
@glowingcrowns16922 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That's my favorite thing about this whole story.
@charlesatanasio1622 Жыл бұрын
Communists and socialists only broadcast the failures, they forget about the successes.
@ghuff31 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
in soviet russia capitalism is new upstart business man. experement will fail. communist laugh last then eat turnip.
@rangoononline6 жыл бұрын
This is better than 90 percent of the content on Netflix.
@Pablo123456x5 жыл бұрын
That's a very low bar. Awesome video though.
@theeternalslayer5 жыл бұрын
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.
@candiepunk16865 жыл бұрын
*99999999999
@vubhuhjkbhubohjb5 жыл бұрын
But the Amy Schumer special.....
@freebird01475 жыл бұрын
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric reported to the police.
@nick-playercharacter85836 жыл бұрын
That 'Where Are They Now' segment at the end went to some dark fucking places.
@UdanaWijesuriya6 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting that. Also Karma. :)
@xilverknight1556 жыл бұрын
The psychologist studying the effects of Tetris and addiction ended up snapping and killing his wife, kid and himself. Kinda ironic.
@honderdzeventien6 жыл бұрын
+ 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?!?!
@takki39426 жыл бұрын
herby rietveld prolly be fine if you don't get too addicted
@lightdark006 жыл бұрын
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.
@RIP-Daedae Жыл бұрын
I never imagined the story of Tetris could be so riveting lol. Bravo! literally fist bumped when Pajitnov finally got what he was owed.
@losingfayth4 жыл бұрын
me: "What an interesting story, an all around good time!" the endcard: HE MURDERED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN THEN KILLED HIMSELF
@hagamapama4 жыл бұрын
This is why it is very dangerous to study madness.
@BopLouie4 жыл бұрын
HIS NAKED BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
@faustlican55664 жыл бұрын
Stare long enough into the abyss...blah blah blah xD
@iamhungey123454 жыл бұрын
Tetris sucks out your sanity.
@yurilia73844 жыл бұрын
@@iamhungey12345 (assuming you started with sanity in the first place)
@Atlink6 жыл бұрын
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.
@shmackatrotsky53946 жыл бұрын
Atlink alotta ppl knew they stood a chance of becoming filthy rich off that game. which leads to all kinds of cutthroat shenanigans.
@melissawickersham9912 Жыл бұрын
And now there is a feature film based on this story.
@awing842 жыл бұрын
So the fight for Tetris went all the way to Gorbachev. Damn that's historically insane. Incredibly well made documentary!
@tcrpgfan Жыл бұрын
It's all because some guy thought tetrominoes needed to be spiced up.
@michellequinn19404 ай бұрын
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.
@johndotcue4 жыл бұрын
Love how everyone involved in this got addicted to playing this simple game haha
@Keithustus4 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheCoolDave3 жыл бұрын
Even today, many years after this game was the shit... pick it up... play for a while.. .You'll be addicted to too...
@theraymunator3 жыл бұрын
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.
@believeonjesus72153 жыл бұрын
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. )
@theraymunator3 жыл бұрын
@@believeonjesus7215 hail satan
@johnnybensonitis78536 жыл бұрын
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!
@chancepaladin6 жыл бұрын
sheesh, no doubt!
@mmamatt886 жыл бұрын
Spot on!
@CG-RD6 жыл бұрын
I'd watch it
@iDGF9996 жыл бұрын
That dude murdered his whole family. Brings new meaning rage quitting.
@benniauskrems6 жыл бұрын
Someone PLEASE make that happen!
@teapub91195 жыл бұрын
Shigeru was like the Marvel cameo of this story
@ayden72525 жыл бұрын
Samuel Voltz wtf no he isnt
@DerUbermonke5 жыл бұрын
Samuel Voltz no he isn’t
@_Katzenberg5 жыл бұрын
It's all connected.
@skyden24195 Жыл бұрын
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." 😆
@YourTypicalMental6 жыл бұрын
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.
@megamage9116 жыл бұрын
So very true. The only regretable thing for him in the end wasn't that he didn't get those royalties sooner.
@bezzaderbane98905 жыл бұрын
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.
@drnumbnuts6565 жыл бұрын
Came to learn about Tetris. Ended up learning about politics.
@markynio4 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@davezanko90513 жыл бұрын
Yep. The story has a happy ending because two guys became genuine friends and still are. The true power of friendship.
@zomboridejan3 жыл бұрын
Did you got emotional when uou found out about Vladimir Pokhilko's sad end?
@markynio3 жыл бұрын
@@zomboridejan not until now.
@nomnomstirn15323 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@raistlarn3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@MarcelWillis Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@FLXEP Good on him to get that cheddar for all of the blood sweat and tears for making this doc.
@epy0nkaru4 жыл бұрын
"I'll just have to deal with the Russians myself" Okay Henk Rogers is kind of a badass.
@chaoscontroller3164 жыл бұрын
The type of badass that goes looking for a fight yet nobody has to die for him to win.
@RhythmGrizz4 жыл бұрын
Yep
@paulaldo94134 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulchapman80234 жыл бұрын
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.10013 жыл бұрын
And not only did he manage to succeed in his goal, but also got a probably lifelong friendship out of this.
@gold_lightning6 жыл бұрын
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.
@yagyu62725 жыл бұрын
Netflix only has mediocre bullshit, Lies and bullshit
@looktalike5 жыл бұрын
@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.
@JustinLe3 жыл бұрын
Love how the legendary Miyamoto was introduced just as "one of Nintendo's designers"
@Trollificusv22 жыл бұрын
So many Japanese people possess a trait that once existed in the West, and was considered a prime virtue: Humility.
@Alixdkari2 жыл бұрын
LMAO yeah got me completely by surprise. Made me think I'm watching a crossover episode
@AnthonyBlamthony2 жыл бұрын
@@Trollificusv2 Did you know that Japan is the least generous people on earth? And do so n purpose? Westerners do this thing with Japan called: idolizing
@arturoescorcia2 жыл бұрын
let's just take a moment to acknowledge that its thanks to Miyamoto and Nintendo that the entire video game industry was saved in the 80's and is now the behemoth it is today.
@glowingcrowns16922 жыл бұрын
I guess they were just tryna keep you in the moment. Miyamoto wasn't this world famous superstar yet. Nobody cared who made Mario back then.
@patrickmoroney2991 Жыл бұрын
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.
@abdalaez5 жыл бұрын
56:04 56:27 Holy shit!! That turned dark pretty quickly!
@brentusfirmus5 жыл бұрын
Right?
@anarchyandempires54525 жыл бұрын
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!!!???
@robbiewalker28314 жыл бұрын
Anarchy Empire I would like to see a documentary type movie based on this.
@alejandrorivas45854 жыл бұрын
@@robbiewalker2831 i mean you just did lol
@robbiewalker28314 жыл бұрын
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.
@anarchyandempires54524 жыл бұрын
@@robbiewalker2831 so you want to give it the looking for Hitler treatment then?
@amogus74 жыл бұрын
yeah
@Kickboxer8486 жыл бұрын
Why isn't this trending on KZbin?!?! It should! It's that amazing of a video!
@necrojoe6 жыл бұрын
Sadly, hour-long videos rarely reach trending.
@robbiewalker28316 жыл бұрын
They only promote shit.
@chungman61676 жыл бұрын
They will only promote news show videos, clickbait, some vlogs, and EVERY NOW AND THEN a gaming announcement or trailer.
@pjcgaming95486 жыл бұрын
Insanewaine because this isn’t a Ellen or Jimmy Kimmel video.
@mistersands3396 жыл бұрын
Its #25 on trending in the UK!
@dntm123 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Happened to me!! But I still enjoyed the move tough.
@matheusvillela9150 Жыл бұрын
@@Spo8 Red scare propaganda, plain and simple
@orangeman3220 Жыл бұрын
They gotta put in some hollywood in there, and for what its worth, Henk Roger's applauded it as 100% emotionally accurate.
@matheusvillela9150 Жыл бұрын
@@orangeman3220 I'm sure the money he got from the movie helped with his emotions
@tarcmaylor6 жыл бұрын
Damn, I didn't realize I wanted to watch a full-length movie about the history of Tetris, but here I am.
@haruhisuzumiya66503 жыл бұрын
Or that Nintendo would destroy Atari and mirror soft
@Xeo76 жыл бұрын
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_Creatures6 жыл бұрын
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.
@ChuuniKaede6 жыл бұрын
Send A Raven cheaper better and sustainable options already exist. Supporting fossile fuels at this point is borderline retarded.
@Jekyll_Island_Creatures6 жыл бұрын
The cleanest form of viable energy is nuclear, but it gets demonized by environmental religious zealots.
@C0MMANDE126 жыл бұрын
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.
@SoulDevoured6 жыл бұрын
*commends someone on being a good person* *replies are all arguing about fossil fuel usage*
@PatTheNESpunk6 жыл бұрын
Great to see this finally hit the KZbins. Great job, Norman. :)
@PSVitaat2am6 жыл бұрын
He always does great work!
@benpreston79626 жыл бұрын
Avgn is better
@stevencooney7616 жыл бұрын
Has norm ever done anything with avgn?
@OfficialDJUnikittyYT6 жыл бұрын
Both AVGN and Pat are better
@greyzone19966 жыл бұрын
yo chill out lmao
@_Moar Жыл бұрын
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
@BlueHeartAngelaBabyRosalina500 Жыл бұрын
Same, and now I'm excited to check out the other videos on this channel!
@SayumGunarathna20904 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@Deadsea_19933 жыл бұрын
Anybody else shed a tear when the creator finally got his payday and now owns 100% rights ? What a wild story
@djscrewhoustone62802 жыл бұрын
Someone is mad
@gemfruitgames2 жыл бұрын
@Voya Who the hell reads comments before finishing the material themselves? I wouldn't read a Rotten Tomato review on the end of Manifest if I was about to start season 1, but maybe that's just me.
@gemfruitgames2 жыл бұрын
@Voya The last page in a book is at the end of the book you're holding, Google News shoves any "topic" in your face, whether you just started it or not (my biggest source of spoilers), etc. I get what you're saying, but the world has been this way awhile, and it's not about to change - it's up to use to evolve and avoid these things, not request the world to change for us.
@gemfruitgames2 жыл бұрын
@Voya I wasn't trying to attack you, despite it being an obvious quip that I didn't hold back at all. My point stands, comments go below the video, we all know this - why are you reading any? On mobile they're literally hidden, on desktop they're below, especially out of sight if you full screen. Without trying to be an asshole, honest question - what were you looking for when you read the comments before watching the content? I can't get through my Google News without spoilers even if I "thumbs down" things I'm actively watching but Googled who an actor was, etc, I can't imagine reading KZbin comments and thinking I'd walk away unscathed.
@gemfruitgames2 жыл бұрын
@Voya Nah, you're good. I'd rather we drop it than name call and get pissed off for literally, and I mean literally, no reason. Like most stupid comments on the internet, I wrote it for -mild- (if that) humor, not to be a jackass, but it certainly doesn't translate well. Life is hard, attention span IS hard to work with (seemingly more so during a pandemic), etc etc - you know the story. I appreciate our civil ending of conversation, definitely the better outcome. Best of luck not spoiling in the future, maybe billions in big tech money can make it impossible without conscious consent some day.
@Gojiro75 жыл бұрын
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.
@dangerco87894 жыл бұрын
"Inappropriate," not "insulting." He wrote it on Company time, on Company equipment. Any Western corporation would have done the exact same thing.
@bluegum64384 жыл бұрын
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?
@kinggremlin45744 жыл бұрын
@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.
@kinggremlin45744 жыл бұрын
@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.
@rhysredin30304 жыл бұрын
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?
@TerenceKearns2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
christ
@markb4328 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
thought that to myself when i saw it! Funny how people such as him are connected to things as unrelated as Tetris and pedophilia
@roninmarketing4048 Жыл бұрын
His death was very suspicious
@devinisdead4061 Жыл бұрын
It’s time for Rogers to hammer stein.
@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D Жыл бұрын
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.
@nmaster5 жыл бұрын
so tetris 99 is the official prequel of all tetris games, because is based in the battle royale for tetris rigths
@thatsanelephant_17635 жыл бұрын
No.
@oddchilly5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@thatsanelephant_17635 жыл бұрын
Oddchilly Reverse Card
@oddchilly5 жыл бұрын
Kaiser Carl Young reverse card also
@thatsanelephant_17635 жыл бұрын
Oddchilly Double reverse card
@overlordalfredo6 жыл бұрын
*Well worth the wait!*
@BURNINGMITAKA6 жыл бұрын
Overlord Alfredo indeed
@GarageLoot6 жыл бұрын
I want to talk to the 66 people who voted this down.
@nb68066 жыл бұрын
Garage Loot likely the former employees of Mirrorsoft and Tengen
@GarageLoot6 жыл бұрын
Naughty Bottom lol Great point.
@dr.harrysalemiii54215 жыл бұрын
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.
@moore97935 жыл бұрын
@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)."
@wyxoshi29445 жыл бұрын
r/thathappened
@dr.harrysalemiii54215 жыл бұрын
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.
@marcelerystick74165 жыл бұрын
And then everyone clapped
@kauswekazilimani37365 жыл бұрын
Greatings from Zambia
@jp93309 Жыл бұрын
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!
@llSuperSnivyll5 жыл бұрын
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.
@eventyraren5 жыл бұрын
I have hered rumors fore years now of an "Tetris: the movie". I hope it is this movie.
@CrazyRiverOtter5 жыл бұрын
@@eventyraren Supposedly the movie is a space opera. If it's an allegory for what went down here, though, I'd be cool.
@pills-5 жыл бұрын
@@eventyraren I hope so too. When I heard "tetris movie" I had horror premonitions of a movie based on the gameplay of Tetris...
@kymion5 жыл бұрын
You're watching it
@DECimotA5 жыл бұрын
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.
@DrunkenHotei6 жыл бұрын
This is the definition of quality content on KZbin.
@Iinneus6 жыл бұрын
And today, the full rights are owned by Pajitnov's "Tetris Company", coming full circle... A very relieving ending!
@slashtiger16 жыл бұрын
I don't know about the ending being so relieving... For Pajitnov, surely, but for us, the general public? I mean, the transfer of the game's rights to the Tetris company _has_, ultimately, involved Nintendo having to _cease and desist_ selling Tetris themselves, meaning that we will likely never again see an official new iteration of the game... Unless you own a version that has already been released, you will most likely never be able to play the true Tetris ever again. Not now that EA has gone and made a mess out of it, anyways...
@riahlexington6 жыл бұрын
Yes lol
@Keithustus4 жыл бұрын
slashtiger1, never see a new edition? So the Tetris Company paid $15-30 million to the rights just so they can what, not sell it again?
@davezanko90513 жыл бұрын
@@slashtiger1 Calling Nintendo's version the "true Tetris" is laughably absurd hyperbole considering this is a video on the history of the game.
@slashtiger13 жыл бұрын
@@davezanko9051 Did I say Nintendo's version was the _only_ true version? No, I did not. But certainly, at least as far as the Game Boy version was concerned, it stayed true to the original gameplay. With one exception, being that it supported 'soft drop' instead of 'hard drop' which was how the very first releases of Tetris worked. Also, my original comment was made three years ago and since then, the situation has, fortunately, changed for the better. There is now once again a very respectable version for the mobile space, and I do believe that Tetris Effect also respects all of the original gameplay mechanics.
@xAngelsOfHellx Жыл бұрын
Henk Rogers is an absolute boss and having Taron Egerton play him is just perfect hahah
@lukebell47385 жыл бұрын
Number one best selling game in the world: Tetris Second best selling game in the world: Minecraft People love block games.
@eventyraren5 жыл бұрын
And neather of them are from USA
@rickardrakkoon25005 жыл бұрын
There's something to be said for simplicity in an over detailed world.
@Kebabrulle48695 жыл бұрын
Both were made for fun, (initially) by only one person, and are still popular to this day.
@tylerhoyt99795 жыл бұрын
Both are inmortal.
@adamcochrane38675 жыл бұрын
Fortnite: hold my beer
@rockoorbe20023 жыл бұрын
The Maxwells' history definitely got darker with the story behind Robert Maxwell's daughter Ghislaine.
@valorzard3 жыл бұрын
wait wtf, how is there a connection from tetris to FUCKING JEFFERY EPSTIEN
@GregGumbel2 жыл бұрын
Robert was no saint himself.
@chaoscontroller3162 жыл бұрын
The political world seems smaller than most realize.
@nate5679872 жыл бұрын
@@valorzard rich men
@slippi24762 жыл бұрын
Glad somebody else caught this. Cheers rockoorbe
@jksanrio3 жыл бұрын
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!
@keithv7083 жыл бұрын
Same here
@zoladkow2 жыл бұрын
Well me thinks the murder part was to cover the fact that the suicide part was assisted, but that's me...
@turbojurpo2 жыл бұрын
Hey this is the kind of shit that happens when you play too much tetris
@miserychannel6662 жыл бұрын
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 ;)
@TerenceKearns2 жыл бұрын
@@miserychannel666 In-Q-Tel was also involved in 911. 56:50
@jennacided6502 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
now there's a Tetris show on apple
@marlojimenezmd5 жыл бұрын
This deserves a live action Netflix movie. Damn. Great job gaming historian. You should also port this to Netflix.
@Live-Life-Freely5 жыл бұрын
Not Netflix perhaps this same channel just with more funding.
@mikenotsure46835 жыл бұрын
Ohh yes can the team that worked on Mario bros the movie make it?
@marlojimenezmd Жыл бұрын
Apple +
@rajdeepkashyap5766 Жыл бұрын
Hey, look where we are now!
@jeffreyjohnsonakashadowolf55625 жыл бұрын
56:21 Gaming Historian: In November of 1991, Robert Maxwells naked body was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean. Creepy Tetris theme music plays
@blakjjags06974 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Johnson AKA ShadoWolf *jazz music stops*
@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing4 жыл бұрын
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
@serismith17984 жыл бұрын
I came here to find people talking about this. Scary stuff
@theologynerd16894 жыл бұрын
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.
@seekerfound91504 жыл бұрын
@@theologynerd1689 the ocean water is heart stoppingly cold, afterall
@WobblesandBean6 жыл бұрын
Damn. Hank Rogers is clearly the hero of this story.
@nitrosherbert8886 жыл бұрын
Which one was he i am bad at remembering names
@connormclernon266 жыл бұрын
NITRO SHERBERT he was the Nintendo representative that initially went to ELORG to discuss console and handheld rights.
@steved81936 жыл бұрын
Actually he was an independent guy who noticed an opportunity and, once he had the rights, sold them to Nintendo. But whilst everyone else just wanted to make their money and run, he ended up making sure that Pajitnov did okay from Tetris, now owning 100% of the rights and still collecting royalties.
@Jmgoregrind6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Agreed. Smart businessman and general good guy.
@bringme1kscrubscribers106 жыл бұрын
@@nitrosherbert888 I was about to comment that lol
@Sawolf151 Жыл бұрын
I got emotional when it finally worked out for Pajitnov! What a tale!
@122011852345 жыл бұрын
My parents basically stole my Game Boy for a year because of Tetris. It was packaged with my Game Boy and I made the mistake of showing it to them. I only had my Game Boy while they were at work. As soon as my mom came home, she was playing Tetris. The same thing happened a couple of years later with Dr Mario.
@SpeedyKhaledGD5 жыл бұрын
Why
@ElifSinim5 жыл бұрын
Well, thanks to Tetris, the Game Boy became a handheld for everyone.
@Boooo5 жыл бұрын
I know sharing is caring but that seems like a bit much lol
@AgentDanielCross5 жыл бұрын
They are communists and should have been dealt with!
@GirlGamer8674 жыл бұрын
They should have bought their own game boy
@loudassknifeprime89154 жыл бұрын
That line about pairing tetris with the gameboy makes it for everyone made me realize, the first gameboy I played was my grandmother's, and the game was tetris...
@AnimalFacts6 жыл бұрын
That was extremely well done Bravo
@BrunoPhilipe6 жыл бұрын
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.
@Gezajozsi Жыл бұрын
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 :)
@squallphin6 жыл бұрын
As a 35 yers old gamer i cried at then when finally Pajitnov could make money of his creation
@coltrne6 жыл бұрын
Everyone's saying that this deserves to be trending, but it doesn't. IT DESERVES TO BE ON TV.
@coltrne6 жыл бұрын
You're kidding, right?
@Redspl6 жыл бұрын
but.. why? this is an awesome video, why should it meet such a terrible fate?
@theshadowman13986 жыл бұрын
Coltranepop Blu Ray release
@Changetheling5 жыл бұрын
Spoiler alert: TV is dead.
@SecondaryYoshi50Win3 ай бұрын
@@ChangethelingTV IS NOT DEAD, YOU STUPID FANBOY
@wolfetteplays88945 жыл бұрын
This video is fucking amazing. Truly a professional level documentary
@Jesse__H4 жыл бұрын
+
@nitronikolai4 жыл бұрын
@GageIsHandsome =
@morganthompson4 жыл бұрын
@MrGrace4 жыл бұрын
π
@floralkiitens4 жыл бұрын
I ruined the cycle
@yintungz1 Жыл бұрын
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.
@aquamidideluxe50792 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I guess the maxwells got the short end of the stick…
@kuronoch.1441 Жыл бұрын
@@Hue_SamDeserved though. Remember that Ghislaine Maxwell was also a member of that particular company.
@ShadowCompany0111 ай бұрын
@@kuronoch.1441 member of the company? Robert was her father!
@kyucklebeans11 ай бұрын
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.
@exxinferis246 жыл бұрын
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
@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd6 жыл бұрын
I agree, this alone could be a DVD release.
@chrishorn45616 жыл бұрын
Did your laptop do a bow whilst you applauded it
@RheaStorm Жыл бұрын
Boy do I have news for you!
@MelodyTCG6 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest KZbin video I have ever seen.
@gang-ridertv54336 жыл бұрын
Better than Gangam Style or Darude Sandstorm?
@blazingfox78906 жыл бұрын
Same
@Miserytourism6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is a masterpiece, easily the best youtube documentary I've ever seen. I can't imagine how much work went into this.
@KQKQKQKQKQKQ6 жыл бұрын
Bikini Golf TV is a close 2nd
@Properbellend6 жыл бұрын
What about the cat playing the piano? 🤔
@Curtis-Randall Жыл бұрын
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
@fernando983226 жыл бұрын
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.
@naapalm826 жыл бұрын
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.
@RedShockInc6 жыл бұрын
Holly cow! an hour? im so excited! thanks!
@beinghonest94336 жыл бұрын
it was good should be a movie it had everything
@LevaniKa6 жыл бұрын
it would be a good movie, like "Bridge of Spies"
@JoseAlberto-dh8pf6 жыл бұрын
Hola Alex no esperaba encontrarte por aqui
@believeonjesus72153 жыл бұрын
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@VidweII2 жыл бұрын
@@believeonjesus7215 bahahaha gfy.
@IcyHaze026 жыл бұрын
This is too good. It should go on the Trending part of KZbin.
@chrishorn45616 жыл бұрын
It already is
@KyrosX274 ай бұрын
Man, the epilogue was something else... it's pretty crazy finding out what happened to the other characters in this story.