Tetris 25th birthday


	Tetris 25th birthday

balthazarus

6-3-2009 5:28 AM

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tetris, computer, games

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"I always thought that every game has a certain shelf life. In the early PC business it would take somebody else a year to copy your game, so I thought we had a year or two before somebody came up with a better Tetris," Rogers added. "You know what? They tried. But in 25 years, nobody has."

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6-4-2009 4:01 AM

syncopath

happy birthday! and many more shelf lives ...

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