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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Tetris

Tetris stories: 3 news summaries


 Playing Tetris 
 Boosts Brain 
 Power 

Study claims game
has building blocks
for better grey matter

Sep 2, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Playing Tetris leaves people's brains better-equipped to deal with more than just an onslaught of falling blocks, according to a new study. Researchers—funded by the video game's makers—took brain scans of adolescent girls before and after three months of daily Tetris playing and found that some parts of... More »

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brain • neurology • arcade games • video games • Tetris

Interview

Tetris Creators Want It in the Olympics

They dream of world connected by 'universal language' of game

Jun 13, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Tetris is still selling like wildfire, so you’d have to forgive the men behind it a little arrogance. Creator Alexey Pajitnov and Blue Planet CEO Henk Rogers want Tetris to be an Olympic sport, they told CNN, and no, they’re not joking... More »

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Nintendo • video games • Olympics • classics • Tetris

 How Tetris Fell Into Place 


Jun 2, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alexey Pajitnov was supposed to be an artificial intelligence researcher for the Soviet Academy of Sciences, but when he got his first computer 25 years ago, he used it to write games. He tweaked and translated mathematical puzzles he’d always loved, and one stood out right away. “The... More »

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Nintendo • video games • classics • Game Boy • Tetris

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