Tetris: The Games People Play by Box BrownMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The history of the computer game Tetris. Tetris' creator was a researcher in an institute in Russia. The book covers the creator and his small team that built the graphic computer version and the virus-like spread of Tetris. But the bulk of the book is about the various companies that negotiated with the Russians for the rights to resell the game. As the Russians weren't used to this kind of business negotiation, the entire situation became a muddied mess involving European, Japanese, and American companies. Given this is a graphic book, the competing interests are all represented by people from the companies that did the negotiating. You get a sense of the different personalities. Interesting recent history, more about business than gaming.
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