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The true story of Tetris: An interview with Henk Rogers
It's one of the most beloved video games in history. And the true story of Tetris so closely resembles a Cold War spy thriller that Hollywood actually made a movie about it. At the center of that story is Henk Rogers — the man who ventured behind the Iron Curtain to meet the game's inventor, and negotiated a deal with the Soviet government to bring Tetris to Japan and the rest of the world. He sat down with us to talk about the timeless and addictive Russian puzzle game, his friendship with its creator Alexey Pajitnov, and his brand new book.
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A Barcode is a pattern of lines (commonly known as a UPC, which stands for Universal Product Code) that can be read by computers in order to identify details of a product, mainly used by retail stores in checkout processes or for inventory purposes.
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