Dan Ackerman is a section editor at leading technology news site CNET. He regularly appears as a technology correspondent on major news outlets including CNN, the BBC and CBS where he is CBS This Morning’s in-house technology expert. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
'The definitive telling of one of the most fascinating stories in
videogame history.'
*Wired*
‘A great read on a game that has hypnotized my brain and
probably yours too.’
*Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple*
'From its launch in 1984 [Tetris] created a generation of gamers
drawn by its irresistible block-stacking brilliance...The story of
its conception is just as addictive; think courtroom dramas and
global intrigue, all relayed in Ackerman's
bewitching prose'.
*Monocle*
'Fascinating'
*Sunday Herald*
‘How [Tetris] came to the West is a remarkably complicated
cloak-and-dagger story…The Tetris Effect is full of fascinating
facts.’
*Spectator*
‘The Tetris Effect is a page-turning, block-stacking,
globe-trotting thriller/history book, covering the epic creation
saga of one of the greatest video games ever made or played.’
*Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One*
‘The Tetris Effect explains how one guy in Russia with one little
game ended up creating a global business and cultural phenomenon...
Ackerman tells the story of the first and quintessential
start-up.’
*Douglas Rushkoff*
‘Tetris broke social, cultural and technological boundaries in a
way that nobody, including the meek Russian researcher who designed
the game, could have predicted. Ackerman pieces the story together
with flair and diligence in a brilliant account of the video game
that everybody from the Soviet government to Japanese moguls wanted
for their own.’
*Simon Parkin, author of Death by Video Game and
contributing writer, New Yorker.com*
‘The author provides a meticulous accounting of the rise of
“Tetris”…For those fascinated with the way video games are created
and intrigued by the history of early computers, the book will
provide great entertainment, just like the game…An all-inclusive
history behind one of the most popular video games ever.’
*Kirkus Reviews*
‘Ackerman doles out intrigue worthy of Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy.
It’s a behind-the-Iron Curtain nail-biter.’
*LA Review of Books*
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