Nintendo's fearsome CEO once called Shigeru Miyamoto in to ask if Tetris was any good, who replied 'your secretaries and accountants are all playing at lunchtime and after work, and that's never happened before'

Shigeru Miyamoto holds up a Game Boy.

Henk Rogers' memoir The Perfect Game—Tetris: From Russia With Love was published this week, the story of one man's rather incredible journey through the games industry and, in particular, his involvement with Tetris. Outside of the game's creator, Alexey Pajitnov, Rogers is by far the most important figure in bringing the game as we know it to the world.

And the key early partner for Rogers was Nintendo, a company that he'd been fortunate enough to be on good terms with. Rogers had moved to Japan and was unique among foreign developers at the time in being able to build a relationship with Hiroshi Yamauchi (which was largely down to the fact they both played Go).