It's now 40 years since gamers began sliding falling blocks around screens to the iconic melody of a Russian folk song. Alexei Pashitnov's puzzle game quickly gained popularity and was played around ...

With its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured as a pop culture icon over the last 40 years. Many people, like me, have been playing the game for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Alexey Pajitnov (right) - Soviet computer engineer and programmer, ...

At the tail end of summer, interactive museum creators Digital Eclipse announced that the next project in its Gold Masters Series would be Tetris Forever. A deep-dive into the 40+ year history of what ...

Alexey Pajitnov, the architect of the falling-and-rotating-block puzzle game Tetris, is one of the industry’s most illustrious designers. The calming and chaotic formula he developed as a computer ...

At the Red Bull Tetris World Final, a 40-year-old puzzle game stepped off the screen and into the sky via thousands of drones, proving simplicity, not spectacle, is what gives Tetris its staying power ...

For many, Tetris is one of the most influential video games of all time. The impact it had on the gaming industry can't be overstated. It has endured for over 40 years by finding new ways to remain ...

What just happened? Classic puzzle game Tetris was transformed into an aerial art piece in Dubai's night sky over the weekend, fusing gaming, robotics, and large-scale LED technology. While the ...

A 13-year-old from Oklahoma appears to have finally done the nearly impossible: He beat Tetris. Willis Gibson is believed to be the first human gamer to reach level 157 of the classic video game ...

Trauma is, unfortunately, a part of life for many people. Studies show that over 70 percent of us will face at least one traumatic event in our lifetime. While some individuals emerge from trauma ...