It's now 40 years since gamers began sliding falling blocks around screens to the iconic melody of a Russian folk song. Alexei Pashitnov's puzzle game quickly gained popularity and was played around ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Alexey Pajitnov (right) - Soviet computer engineer and programmer, ...

At the Red Bull Tetris World Final, a 40-year-old puzzle game stepped off the screen and into the sky via thousands of drones, proving simplicity, not spectacle, is what gives Tetris its staying power ...

Many game fans have enjoyed the Tetris movie, which chronicled the creation and licensing of Tetris, the addictive game that Alexey Pajitnov created behind the Iron Curtain. His friend Henk Rogers ...