Tetris

Author : Brian "Box" Brown
Publisher : First Second
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781250145895

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Tetris by Brian "Box" Brown Pdf

For fans of Tetris on Apple TV+, read the true story of Henk Rogers, Alexey Pajitnov, and the perfect game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega—game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications, and outright theft. In this graphic novel, New York Times–bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture, and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world’s most popular video game.

Author : Dan Ackerman
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781610396127

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The Tetris Effect by Dan Ackerman Pdf

The definitive story of a game so great, even the Cold War couldn't stop it Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. But how did an obscure Soviet programmer, working on frail, antiquated computers, create a product which has now earned nearly 1 billion in sales? How did a makeshift game turn into a worldwide sensation, which has been displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, inspired a big-budget sci-fi movie, and been played in outer space? A quiet but brilliant young man, Alexey Pajitnov had long nurtured a love for the obscure puzzle game pentominoes, and became obsessed with turning it into a computer game. Little did he know that the project that he labored on alone, hour after hour, would soon become the most addictive game ever made. In this fast-paced business story, reporter Dan Ackerman reveals how Tetris became one of the world's first viral hits, passed from player to player, eventually breaking through the Iron Curtain into the West. British, American, and Japanese moguls waged a bitter fight over the rights, sending their fixers racing around the globe to secure backroom deals, while a secretive Soviet organization named ELORG chased down the game's growing global profits. The Tetris Effect is an homage to both creator and creation, and a must-read for anyone who's ever played the game—which is to say everyone.

Author : Kathi Burns,Morgan Shaver
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781647224769

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Organizing with Tetris by Kathi Burns,Morgan Shaver Pdf

Harness the power of Tetris®, one of the world’s most popular puzzle games, to organize your home, office, and life! Powered by the principles of one of the world’s most popular puzzle games, Organizing with Tetris™ tackles the organization for every room in your home and even unexpected corners of your life. Board-certified professional organizer Kathi Burns and Tetris expert Morgan Shaver lay out accessible, strategic tips and teach you to follow the six organizational strategies of Tetris® alongside fun facts about the iconic game. Whether straightening, streamlining, or purging spaces “line by line,” this book will help you make difficult decisions to keep or discard as items are organized using the principles of Tetris to enhance your living situation as well as your overall way of life. Featuring all-new, Tetrimino-colored illustrations, learn to effectively target problem areas in your entryway, bathroom, office, kitchen, bedroom, living room, attic, garage, and basement to declutter in a fun, low-stress way. No matter what sort of space you live in, Organizing with Tetris offers practical tips to help you win the game of organization and ensure that, with enough practice, everything falls into place. HARNESS ‘THE TETRIS EFFECT’: Studies indicate that playing Tetris for extended periods can influence how we see the world! Use this phenomenon to reassess your living space and build new routines into your day. THE FIRST OFFICIAL TETRIS ORGANIZATION GUIDE: There’s never been an officially licensed Tetris organization guide… until now! CREATED BY EXPERTS AND FANS: Professional organizer, Kathi Burns, and diehard Tetris fan, Morgan Shaver, come together to create the ultimate game-inspired organizational experience. SHAPES AND COLORS RIGHT FROM THE GAME: Use the Tetriminos (i.e., Tetris playing pieces) to group items to maximize your space. TIPS FOR EVERY ROOM: From kitchens and bathrooms to, create clutter-free calm throughout the house.

Author : Worth Books
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781504008716

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Summary and Analysis of The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World by Worth Books Pdf

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Tetris Effect tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Dan Ackerman’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Tetris Effect includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter summaries Profiles of the main characters Detailed timeline of key events Important quotes Fascinating trivia Glossary of terms Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World by Dan Ackerman: In his book The Tetris Effect, Dan Ackerman provides an informative, intriguing account of the history of one of the world’s most popular video games. The surprising story begins in Soviet Russia, where computer researcher Alexey Pajitnov programmed the first version of Tetris using outdated software—before it spread westward and went viral. As the addictive game grew in popularity around the world, so did the fight for its ownership. Learn about the early days of Cold War–era computer programming, the people and companies who sought control of the intellectual property, and how playing Tetris physically impacts our brains. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.

Author : Noam Nisan,Shimon Schocken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262640688

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The Elements of Computing Systems by Noam Nisan,Shimon Schocken Pdf

This title gives students an integrated and rigorous picture of applied computer science, as it comes to play in the construction of a simple yet powerful computer system.

Author : Gareth Moore,Tetris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787392368

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Tetris Puzzle Book by Gareth Moore,Tetris Pdf

Author : Shawn Achor
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780307591562

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The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor Pdf

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time “Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. Research shows that happy employees are more productive, more creative, and better problem solvers than their unhappy peers. And positive people are significantly healthier and less stressed and enjoy deeper social interaction than the less positive people around them. Drawing on original research—including one of the largest studies of happiness ever conducted—and work in boardrooms and classrooms across forty-two countries, Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health. His strategies include: • The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility so we can see and seize opportunities all around us • Social Investment: how to earn the dividends of a strong social support network • The Ripple Effect: how to spread positive change within our teams, companies, and families By turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.

Author : Brian K. Smith,Alex Kerr
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Games
ISBN : 1500542199

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Tricks of the Classic Nes Tetris Masters by Brian K. Smith,Alex Kerr Pdf

The classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of Tetris has been enjoyed by millions since its release 25 years ago. However, only a select few players have been able to discover all of the obscurities and nuances of the game in order to truly master it.... until now. With this book learn all of the tricks of the classic NES Tetris masters to push your skills to new limits and take your Tetris game to a whole new level. This comprehensive guide covers all of the advanced techniques that the world's best NES Tetris players use.

Author : Gareth Moore
Publisher : Portable Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1645170519

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Tetris Puzzles by Gareth Moore Pdf

Revisit your love for the iconic video game Tetris with 100 challenging visual puzzles. Since its creation in the 1980s, the now-iconic video game Tetris has sold more than 100 million copies around the world. In Tetris Puzzles, the seven Tetrimino shapes form the basis of each puzzle. You’ll fit them into grids, add them to larger shapes, and reassemble them from fragments. The puzzles—all of which were specially created for this book—increase in difficulty as you progress, providing you with a fun and challenging brain workout.

Author : Colin Carvalho Burgess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1999818431

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The Tetris Effect by Colin Carvalho Burgess Pdf

Immortal gods, online gaming, and a reincarnating goldfish ... Lars Nilsson's life is about to level up. Button pusher, office worker, up-all-night gamer, Lars Nilsson has just been booted from the top of the league in his latest high-stakes obsession. The arrival of a mysterious spirit animal and a sequence of cryptic in-game messages send Lars on a journey of cosmic self-discovery more challenging than any game. ** Las Vegas, 1983, and an on-stage regression experiment tears open a passage to another dimension where a young assistant makes a deal with a mischievous supernatural being. The ancient immortal guardians of the afterlife have been lured from their position of authority after being tempted by the spoils of modern life. The land of the dead rots in their absence. An online gamer's life is shattered when a Future Tech company sends him on a hyper-real quest to a land where magical creatures command the purple skies and shadow animals patrol the streets like deadly sentinels. But what do the familiar challenges of this otherworld have to do with a reclusive gamer, and can the ancient immortals take back control of the afterlife before the land of the dead is lost to a powerful primordial force?

Author : Iyanu Adelekan
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781788479783

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Kotlin Programming By Example by Iyanu Adelekan Pdf

Enhance your Kotlin programming skills by building 3 real-world applications Key Features Build three full-fledged, engaging applications from scratch and learn to deploy them Enhance your app development and programming activities with Kotlin’s powerful and intuitive tools and utilities. Experience the gentle learning curve, expressiveness, and intuitiveness of Kotlin, as you develop your own applications Book Description Kotlin greatly reduces the verbosity of source code. With Google having announced their support for Kotlin as a first-class language for writing Android apps, now's the time learn how to create apps from scratch with Kotlin Kotlin Programming By Example takes you through the building blocks of Kotlin, such as functions and classes. You’ll explore various features of Kotlin by building three applications of varying complexity. For a quick start to Android development, we look at building a classic game, Tetris, and elaborate on object-oriented programming in Kotlin. Our next application will be a messenger app, a level up in terms of complexity. Before moving onto the third app, we take a look at data persistent methods, helping us learn about the storage and retrieval of useful applications. Our final app is a place reviewer: a web application that will make use of the Google Maps API and Place Picker. By the end of this book, you will have gained experience of of creating and deploying Android applications using Kotlin. What you will learn Learn the building blocks of the Kotlin programming language Develop powerful RESTful microservices for Android applications Create reactive Android applications efficiently Implement an MVC architecture pattern and dependency management using Kotlin Centralize, transform, and stash data with Logstash Secure applications using Spring Security Deploy Kotlin microservices to AWS and Android applications to the Play Store Who this book is for This book is for those who are new to Kotlin or are familiar with the basics, having dabbled with Java until now. Basic programming knowledge is mandatory.

Author : David Sheff
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307800749

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Game Over by David Sheff Pdf

More American children recognize Super Mario, the hero of one of Nintendo’s video games, than Mickey Mouse. The Japanese company has come to earn more money than the big three computer giants or all Hollywood movie studios combined. Now Sheff tells of the Nintendo invasion–a tale of innovation and cutthroat tactics.

Author : Chuck Klosterman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735217942

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Raised in Captivity by Chuck Klosterman Pdf

Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong? A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song "Blizzard of Summer" becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why coin flips are no longer exactly 50/50. A man sees a whale struck by lightning, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian's rabies vaccination. Fair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers.

Author : Wagner James Au
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118337745

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Game Design Secrets by Wagner James Au Pdf

Including interviews with top independent game developers, a resource filled with real-world examples walks novice and experienced game designers through the step-by-step process of conceptualizing, designing, launching and managing a winning game on Facebook, iOS and the web. Original.

Author : Thomas Petruzzellis
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780071475563

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Electronic Games for the Evil Genius by Thomas Petruzzellis Pdf

Step-by-step instructions and illustrations explain how to build thirty-five electronic games and gadgets, with easy-to-follow plans, clear diagrams, and expert advice for each project.