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"That's the way Nintendo is": Tetris legend says Game Boy designer Gunpei Yokoi "made Nintendo's game business, for chrissakes" but that still didn't save him when "Virtual Boy was dead on arrival"

"Somebody has to take responsibility"

GamesRadar

35 Years Ago, Nintendo Turned A Flagrant Imitation Of ‘Tetris’ Into A Mario Instant Classic

‘Dr. Mario’s combined germs, logic, and light plagiarism.

Inverse

Five Great Reads: Louis Theroux, Musk’s Cybertruck folly and inside a ‘psychic reset’ bootcamp

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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‘It was just the perfect game’: Henk Rogers on buying Tetris and foiling the KGB

The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigning

The Guardian - UK

The man who brought Tetris to the world was "p***ed off" when Nintendo made Dr. Mario: "It's not as good"

"Dr. Mario is sort of a blatant attempt at making another Tetris"

GamesRadar

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'

Knew what to look for.

PC Gamer

'The original Tetris was a survival game': The man who prised Tetris out of the Soviet system recalls how different it once was

"People didn't have any idea how they were scoring points. So I wanted to make it clear."

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Apple TV+ Will Be Free For 3 Days! Here’s How To Access It & What To Watch To Maximise Your Binge

For a whopping three days, you can binge-watch Apple TV+ without forking out any of your own cashola. It's a New Year's miracle!

Pedestrian.tv

Tetris Forever is the real story of Tetris - and it’s fascinating

An interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse goes deep on the 40-year history of Tetris

The Guardian - UK

The 10 best movies on Apple TV to stream right now

From Eternity to Killers of the Flower Moon, here are the 10 best movies on Apple TV

Total Film

‘Every Day the Ocean Is Eating Away at the Land’

Fearing they may not survive the ravages of extreme weather caused by the climate crisis, island nations look to Hawaii’s ambitious policies as a model.

Capital & Main

Author of Tetris book sues Apple and the Tetris Company for allegedly ripping off his work to make the Tetris movie

Rotate your way out of this one.

PC Gamer

Review: How Tetris Escaped the Iron Curtain

The Apple TV+ film tells the story of an entrepreneur who helped bring a Soviet designer's game to the world.

Reason

Is the Apple TV Plus Tetris movie true to life? Two things it gets wrong (and three things it gets right)

Apple TV Plus has a hit on its hands with the true-story movie about extracting Tetris from behind the Iron Curtain. But as almost always happens when real stories become films, some of the most dramatic bits never happened.

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What makes Tetris 'the perfect game'? Experts break down an addictive classic

The real story behind how Tetris became a video game phenomenon is more compelling than most imagined narratives.

Total Film

The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend (March 31-April 2)

From thrillers to killers, here's what to watch this weekend

Cinemablend

Tetris Cast: Where You've Seen The Stars Of Apple TV+'s Movie About The Video Game

Check out who plays whom in Apple TV+'s Tetris cast, including Taron Egerton.

The Guardian - UK

In business: how brands like Nike, BlackBerry and Pop-Tarts became film’s hottest stars

A slew of new movies celebrate the boardroom mavericks of the 1980s and 90s – as well as the products they flogged. What’s behind this corporate nostalgia?

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How To Watch Tetris Online And Stream The Taron Egerton Movie Now

Taron Egerton stars in the biopic as Henk Rodgers in the intellectual property legal battle of the much-loved video game. We explain how to watch Tetris online now.

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Apple TV+'s Tetris Review: Who Knew That A Taron Egerton Biopic Could Make Intellectual Property Rights So Thrilling?

Tetris is a well-played game of historical fact and amusing fictional touches.

The Independent UK

‘Don’t @ me!’: Taron Egerton questionably equates wearing fake moustache to childbirth

Welsh actor sports a fake moustache in new movie ‘Tetris’

Total Film

Taron Egerton talks Tetris' wild story, his ongoing partnership with Matthew Vaughn, and why fan-casting rumors can be "frustrating"

Exclusive: As Tetris arrives on Apple TV+, Taron Egerton tells GamesRadar+ all about the intriguing story behind the new movie

Los Angeles Times

Review: ‘Tetris’ will just really make you want to play Tetris

It’s funny to see what happens whenever a character first plays Tetris in the new movie “Tetris.” Two young girls, testing the game out at home, fall into a hushed kind of trance. Hiroshi Yamauchi (Togo Igawa), the famously poker-faced president of Nintendo, sets down his joystick and declares it…

Tom’s Guide

Tetris review: The bricks don't quite line up

Apple TV Plus' Tetris movie is good, but it's not quite the victory you might hope for.

The Guardian - US

Deals, drama and danger: the incredible true story behind Tetris

A new film shows how the addictive game found its way out of the Soviet Union and into the hands of millions

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