Happy Birthday to probably the best-known computer game in computer game history – yes that’s right: Tetris turns 25 today! That people still care enough to keep counting is proof, if ever it was needed, that the game still retains a special place in people’s hearts – and indeed a special place in gaming history.
What for me is especially interesting though about Tetris’s continued significance and relevance is that it is probably the first (and arguably only) computer game to transcend so fully the specifics of its form. By that I mean it is not thought of solely as a computer gaming…