The Tetris effect : the Cold War battle for the world's most addictive game
Ackerman, Dan2023
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February 21, 1989. A self-made software magnate with a street hustler's flair, the privileged son of a hard-charging media mogul and a globe-trotting game programmer land in Moscow within hours of each other. Their goal? To undercut one another and strike a deal with the Soviets for the most lucrative piece of intellectual property to ever escape from behind the Iron Curtain - the rights to the game Tetris. Technology reporter Dan Ackerman brings us the gripping tale behind a game so addictive that scientists termed it the world's first 'pharmatronic'. Combining elements of a fast-paced Cold War thriller with corporate espionage, courtroom drama and international conspiracies, 'The Tetris Effect' is also the story of a one-in-a-million software startup, a unique example of an idea, a product, and an era coming together at exactly the right moment.
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Author:
Ackerman, Dan, author
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2023.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780861547814 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2411164
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