Concept information
Preferred term
Tetris
Definition
- Tetris is a computer and video puzzle game created in 1985 by the Russian computing engineer Alexey Pajit-nov. It is the most widely reproduced game of all time, appearing on 55 game platforms, including every major console and computer system; on mobile phones; and in interactive art exhibitions. It continues to be popular among a wide variety of casual and serious gamers, appearing second in IGN Entertainment's Top 100 games of all time in 2007. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Tetris]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Tetris
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