Tetris: The Games People Play

Box Brown is hitting it out of the park on this one. I wasn't floored by his (critically acclaimed) Andre the Giant biography, but TETRIS is a great page-turner that should appeal to any comic fan or lover of video games. It really gets into the psychology of game-playing and the effects it has on the mind. All this, and an in-depth examination of the history (as crazy as it is) of Tetris, from Russia with love! I highly recommend it for anyone even remotely interested in the subject matter, or even those who are not. You will be surprised at how much you enjoy it!

I couldn't put this down and blazed through the whole book in a single sitting.It's a fast reader that covers broad concepts fairly succinctly and works as a great intro to the Cold War thriller that is the licensing battle for Tetris. If your curiosity is piqued, I highly recommend the more thorough dives into the story as written in David Sheff's Game Over Press Start To Continue or as filmed in the 2004 BBC documentary Tetris: From Russia with Love (which seems to be the beat-for-beat basis for this graphic novel).Box Brown's art is easy to follow and makes great use of comic panels to illustrate some of the more intellectual concepts at play. If I had to criticize anything, though, it would be that shifts in time or place are not always clearly delineated.

Tells the history of video games and how the game Tetris came to the shores of America and most of the world in general. Can recommend it to people interested in history of video games or into gaming in general.

I had heard that there was a kerfuffle about rights when it first emerged, but I was in ignorance of the full drama behind the scenes and the political struggle that framed it all. It almost seems to be a comedy of errors, culminating in a huge battle in an international court. This story demonstrates fully the differences between a free market and the illiteracy and evil often present in the communist/socialist state. The fact that one of the negotiators was in danger of being imprisoned, possibly executed, for not getting the right result from the court case shows the evil mindset of the leftist agenda.Box Brown frames the story as part of the classic tradition of mankind. That the creation of games is part of the fundamental nature of humans. And that the games we play is a reflection of society and the human mind. In the old days, they played physical games to prepare for a life of physical labor. Now the electronic ones prepare us for the online world we are increasingly spend more of our lives in.

This is an incredible stride forward from a wonderful artist. I first encountered Brown with his Andre the Giant bio-comic, and was delighted by his clean, simple linework and storytelling abilities. I've now accumulated everything I can find of his, and this book marries his style with an incredibly cohesive story (which would frankly be dull to read about in prose form). Top recommendation.

My wife said that she did not like the book and deleted it from the Kindle. Sorry

This is the best book ever about the history of Tetris because the author has succeeded in telling the story through his amazing art. The bold coloring lights up the mind and entertains. A must read for sure,and a must for every school library in this country and possibly, the world!

A fun and beautiful telling of the infamous Tetris / Nintendo story, possible the most amazing and gripping game industry backstories out there,