Tetris - From Russia with Love 6/6

This 2004 BBC documentary gives an extensive insight into how one of the greatest classic games came to be and the thrilling battle that was held over publishing it to the west.

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[Redwark]

Thank you very much for posting this documentary, it was really interesting !

[GameDocumentaries]

you're welcome :) glad that you liked it

[AshForte]

Every character in this story EXCEPT for Alexey is greedy. They were only in it for the rights, and ultimately, the money. Sure, the worst was Maxwell and Stein, who could care less who they trample on (even if it means getting someone fired for not doing what they say), but Henk wasn't totally right either. He tried to slip the rights right from under everyone's noses, and succeeded. All in all, it was a bunch of pigs fighting over something none of them truly owned.

Great documentary.

[nekosama23]

Wow... I never knew that a simple game like tetris had such a complicated history.... Totally an eye opener :)

[afaultytoaster]

@KimCheeWarrior perhaps people can do good things without the allure of profits

[kozmon0t]

Turns out the Russians did send nuclear missiles, but they were shaped like L's, I's, S's, squares and half-+'s. Anti-missile defenses vaporized whole rows of them but they stacked up to the top and the war was over.

[KimCheeWarrior]

when i first saw how long this documentary was going to be, i thought to myself, "how are they going to stretch this miniscule story over a period of an hour or more?". then i watched the whole thing and never even realized just how complex the life story of tetris was. it was amazing how they got almost every person that was involved with all this to sit down and do interviews with bbc. it was like stepping into a time machine, i felt like i was really there.

[KimCheeWarrior]

@ZiKoN22 what's really amazing is how humble alexey is about it all. he lost out on so much profit and yet never really touted himself as a genius because of creating this amazing thing called tetris. im sure deep down inside there might be a little regret about how the way things transpired but if he is upset about it, he doesnt show it. such an amazing man he is.

[KimCheeWarrior]

alexey seemed like a really friendly and easy going guy, despite all the conspiracy that shrouded the game he created. truly a man among men.

[KimCheeWarrior]

you know, i really feel for alexey because it took so long for him to finally make money off of this. this whole conspiracy over who had the rights kinda makes me feel disgusted because everyone was so worried about who was going to get the rights and meanwhile alexey was being neglected. its not really anyone's fault but the soviet union's but one thing's for sure, this documentary really portrayed just how cold hearted people can be in the world of business.

[KimCheeWarrior]

ive known about bits of pieces of this story when i was a kid in the 80's but this documentary really blew the lid off the whole story and presented it very professionally, i was really impressed. im used to seeing stories about videogames produced from half baked game sites and unprofessional producers. witnessing an entity like bbc taking the helm of such a compelling story like this and properly telling the story complete with interviews from all proper people who were involved was a joy.

[diby1]

1:05 He's designing Hexic :o

[the0th]

@AshForte

belikov was Ok as well. him and alexei were good people. the rest were greedy capitalist pigs.