From Russia, With Blocks

A comic-style illustration depicts a bearded man, identified as Alexey, intensely programming at a computer. The top panel shows a thought bubble containing a game concept with falling blocks and rotation instructions. Another panel displays a close-up of

A comic-style illustration depicts a bearded man, identified as Alexey, intensely programming at a computer. The top panel shows a thought bubble containing a game concept with falling blocks and rotation instructions. Another panel displays a close-up of his hand dropping a cigarette into an overflowing ashtray. A dialogue exchange between two observers in the bottom right suggests confusion about what he’s working on. The artwork uses a limited color palette of black, white, and yellow.

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A brief history of the legal squabbles that brought Tetris to America.