On This Day: June 6, 1984 — Tetris Is Born in Moscow
On June 6, 1984, Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov finished Tetris on an Elektronika 60. The story of how it leaked out of Moscow and became gaming’s most-played game ever.
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80s Arcade Games: The Quarter-Fed Religion of Gen X
The first time you walked into a real 80s arcade — humid air, brown carpet, the smell of pizza grease and ozone coming off a hundred CRTs — you understood that this place was not a store. It was a ritual space. You came in with three dollars in quarters and you left when those…
