Tetris - From Russia With Love

basilpronoun writes "BBC News has an article about seminal puzzle game Tetris and its inventor Alexey Pajitnov, timed to coincide with further UK screenings of the documentary 'Tetris - From Russia With Love'. There's also an interview with documentary director Magnus Temple in which he comments on Pajitnov: 'He had to be persuaded to get involved. You can imagine what it's like. He invents a game almost 20 years ago and it's the only thing people want to talk to him about even though he's still a professional games designer'."

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[vasqzr]

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What else he Alexey Pajitnov done

[GerritHoll]

What else has Alexey Pajitnov done, you ask? Here is the complete list

• Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003), Microsoft
• Rampage Puzzle Attack (2001), Midway Games
• Tetris Worlds (2001), THQ Inc.
• Microsoft Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack (2000), Swing! Entertainment Media AG
• The Next Tetris: Online Edition (2000), Crave Entertainment, Inc.
• Pandora's Box (1999), Microsoft
• Knight Moves (1996), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
• Breakthru! (1994), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
• El-Fish (1993), Maxis Software Inc.
• Super Tetris (1991), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
• Faces (1990), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
• Welltris (1989), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
• Tetris (original) (1986)

Conclusion: He hasn't done much beyond Tetris indeed. Apart from El-Fish, Knight Moves, Pandora's Box, Puzzle Collection, Rampage Puzzle and Gotham Racing, they're all Tetris variants.

But isn't Tetris more than enough to contribute to Humanity?