Tetris Effect - The Cold War Battle for the World''s Most Addictive Game

'The definitive telling of one of the most fascinating stories in videogame history.' Wired

'A great read on a game that has hypnotized my brain and probably yours too.' Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple

21 February 1989. Three men fly into Moscow, representing software giants from Britain, America, and Japan. Each of them is determined to undercut the others in order to secure a technology so powerfully addictive it has brought the government department that created it to a standstill. In a country on the brink of seismic change, where spycraft is about to give way to cut-throat capitalism, Tetris has become the grand prize.

Featuring corporate espionage, unmarked government organizations, courtroom drama and international conspiracies, the origin of the world's most popular video game is a gripping, fast-paced thriller of the highest order. Not only this, but it is also the tale of a one-in-a-million software start-up - a unique example of an idea, a product, and an era coming together at exactly the right moment. Tetris was perfectly (if accidentally) crafted to hit primal triggers in our minds and in Ackerman's hands its story is unputdownable.

About the author

Dan Ackerman is a section editor at leading technology news site CNET. He regularly appears as a technology correspondent on major news outlets including CNN, the BBC and CBS where he is CBS This Morning’s in-house technology expert. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Summary

In the dying days of the USSR, battlelines have shifted from spycraft to the cut-throat capitalism and it’s intellectual property, not state secrets, that are to be bought, sold, stolen and fought over

Product details

• Authors: Dan Ackerman, Ackerman Dan
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.2023
• EAN: 9780861547814
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-781-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Business & management, Technology: general issues, Hobbies, quizzes & games, Impact of science and technology on society, Indoor games, Hobbies, quizzes and games, Computing & Information Technology, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Computing and Information Technology, c 1980 to c 1989, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer Games Design, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet