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Aleksej Pajitnov

40 years of falling blocks – congratulations Tetris!

The young Russian programmer Aleksej Pajitnov didn't quite know what he was doing when he created a game where falling blocks would be stacked at an increasingly rapid pace. 40 years later, it's one of the world's best-selling computer games.

40 years of falling blocks – congratulations Tetris!