PositiveBookforumThe battle over the licensing rights to Tetris, the resulting reverberations the game caused in the world of video games and popular culture, and even geopolitical relations between the USSR and the West come together in Dan Ackerman’s book The Tetris Effect ... The machinations of international software-company negotiations is tricky material for a mass-market technology book, but Ackerman rises to the challenge ... it takes informed accounts, such as Ackerman’s book, to properly untangle and reward the authorship of creators like Pajitnov. The Tetris Effect is the narrative Pajitnov and his timeless game deserve.
