Tetris: The Games People Play

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that...
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Author: Brian Box Brown
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Tetris: The Games People Play by Brown, Brian Box

Tetris: The Games People Play

$52.08

Tetris: The Games People Play

$52.08
Author: Brian Box Brown
Format: Paperback
Language: English

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you'll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You'll see them in your dreams.

Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega--game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications, and outright theft.

In this graphic novel, New York Times-bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture, and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world's most popular video game.

Author: Brian Box Brown
Publisher: First Second
Published: 10/11/2016
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781626723153

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184176 / Tetris: The Games People Play


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2016
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2016 pg. 126
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 190
Booklist 10/15/2016 pg. 36
Shelf Awareness 10/25/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2016 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Shelf Awareness 12/09/2016

About the Author
Box Brown is an Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and comic publisher from Philadelphia. His book Andre the Giant: Life and Legend was released in 2014 and spent three weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list. His second graphic novel with publisher First Second is Tetris: The Games People Play. Brown launched the independent comics publishing house Retrofit Comics in 2011.

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