The Creator of Tetris Talks to Adam Sessler About Game Development in the Soviet Union, Fame, & more
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2013
- While Adam was in Russia judging the Imagine Cup 2013 Worldwide Finals, he got a chance to sit down with Alexey Pajitnov, the man behind one of the world's most renowned games: Tetris. Learn how the game was developed in the Soviet Union, whether Alexey could forsee its success, and what he thinks about the current state of casual gaming.
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He's so humble, I really nice character :)
Full honesty here,
Alexey just seems as though he's just a great guy.
Down to Earth, laid back and humble.
May the video game Gods bless him.
He is one of them, at least one of the forefathers of RNG, perhaps one of the mystic gods og RNG
Worth noting that the concept of Tetris is based on a Russian puzzle where the goal is to arrange tiles made up of three squares into a square-shaped board. Tetris ups the piece count to four and adds the falling mechanic, as well as line-clearing of course. The recognizable theme is also a Russian folk song. So Tetris is 100% pure Russia!
Nonsense.
+KBABZ im russian and ive never heard about any such puzzle game
+weepingguitars It was a Soviet version of Pentomino.
KBABZ Name of that puzzle game? Now im curious 😀😀😀 three squares tri-tris?
The creator, Alexey Pajitnov, originally wanted to base it on Pentomino, which is a board game about arranging shapes made of five squares (sound familiar?). However the shapes involved he felt were too numerous and complex, so he settled on Tetromino shapes instead, where the pieces are made up of four squares!
This man's clearly a genius and he's spouting words of gaming wisdom, but I'm just sitting here like "man Russian accents are cool"
After watching the gaming historian’s video on tetris, I am sooo happy for this guy!
Same
Same here! :)
Yes! I love this man!
That video is stupid CNN style propaganda that has nothing to do with reality. 4 minutes was enough for me, then i went to puke
IIdman
Yea, the video was filled with fake facts and lies, it is just a massive disgusting anti Soviet propaganda with out much actual history
“Praise everything in america while making the Soviet Union sound like hell”
Like wtf man, life penalty in Gulag for him blyat
The nicest and most humble game dev I've ever seen. Too bad he doesn't get the respect he deserves. Most people don't even know who he is nowadays. :(
Now there is a movie about Tetris on Apple TV ☺️
Most people don’t know the name of any video game developers. But thumbs up anyway cause Alexey is awesome.
This is awesome.
lmao its chris ray gun
7/8 years ago
Glad you guys are digging the interview! We'll have another Big Talk with an industry legend next Wednesday!
Yes, I came here after the "Tetris" movie trailer to get to know more.
A very happy 36th anniversary of Tetris to all of you! Thank you, Alexey Pajitnov & all of his friends whom helped make it a reality and eventually finding me in 1999. I still have that 1989 hand-me-down GameBoy cartridge that I received from my older step-brothers when I was but 11 years of age. Tetris is what got me into puzzle video games and still is one of my favorites of all time.
I'm excited for what they'll do for Tetris' 40th anniversary!
This man made one of the greatest games of all time and most certainly one of the mist important. I still play tetris to this day. Huge respect
Poor Alexey lost his son to a skiing accident in 2017
It is lieing his son was smashed by falling blocks
Rip
wrong, his son chocked at level 5 and hit the top like a noob and fucking died of shame.
@@user-cs2pi5qz4g I love Russia :D
@@captaincritter1898 bruh
The man is a legend. I'm glad he gets the recognition for his brilliant game. He deserves it.
I love this guy's accent, though.
He russian.but he talk an English )
IKR? Its blyatiful.
His accent is to Russian!
Here after watching the new movie about Tetris. Alexey seems like a really great guy.
He is a great man creating one of the greatest games of all time
He made an excellent point on the "abstract vs. realistic" game design approach. Excellent interview. Alexey is charming and humble, as many early game developers are.
Just came back in 2019 to check this interview again
That was a really great interview. A living icon of one of the most memorable games.
Thank to him! you made 80s child have a good old memories
and also tetris inspiration from Berlin wall construction
A living legend and a great man.
Tetris is one of my favourite games. i still plug in my old NES to play it.
That game is probably the game closest to perfection in my opinion.
Mister Pajitnov you got my eternal respect
This guy has my utmost respect. I sadly lost my original copy of Tetris, but I repurchased the game on the Nintendo eShop for 3DS.
This man is an absolute legend. He made what is essentially the perfect game. Like he said, it's simple and abstract enough to draw anyone in. What wasn't mentioned in this interview is how the game gets it's hooks into you. I owned a GameBoy for years, never buying many games for it, but it was fine, because Tetris came packed in with it.
What a cool interview! Thanks for getting this one, Adam (and the rest of the Rev3 crew)!
I love how humble he is. What a nice guy and what a inspiration.
This is so huge. Its like the Albert Einstein of the video game industry being interviewed by the Walter Cronkite of the video game industry.
This was an awesome opportunity that turned into a really fantastic interview. Thanks Adam! Looking forward to more.
That guy is amazing. From that first big wave of games after Pong, so many designers left the industry and never looked back. But Alexey never gave up on it. He's still designing puzzle games to this day.
Thank you guys for uploading this. So much power behind his words
God I love that accent. Huge respect to this man for creating a legendary game.
I knew it! It was his voice I heard in the 1984 stage of Tetris Effect!
Awesome! Thanks for interviewing this great contributor and asking excellent questions.
I never thought I'd be this fascinated by a Tetris interview, or the man behind it... good job, and thank you, both of you!
I really enjoyed this, it is exceptional content. Thank you for working to realize the opportunity and make this interview happen
Great interview! Tetris is an all time classic and appreciate the time and effort that likely went into setting this up.
Tetris is such a timeless game. I would say more than any other video game.
Awesome and fun interview looking forward to many more.
what a wonderful interview. Thank you
Great interview Adam. This is the perfect addition to the tech tv / g4 Icons episode featuring Tetris.
I'm here after watching tetris movie, awesome it is as the creator of the game itself.
Great interview. It was super fun. I loved how you gave Alexey Pajitnov time to answer and make the interview his. I was really happy him talk about his game, I never saw him before that. It was a nice surpise seeing this in my sub box. Congrats to you, and congrats to Mr Pajitniv for making such a fantastic game.
Wow, I loved this interview. Ive never heard from the creator of Tetris before, He he answered the questions in full. Great video
I love that Rev 3 is doing stuff like this. Awesome job, Adam.
Great interview, I really enjoyed watching this.
Really loved this interview.
Adam, you're awesome for doing this interview!
Great interview with all time favourite classic game creator.
Great Talk! love these kind of sit downs :)
it was a great interview.
That last sentence he spoke "when you actually see those hundred thousand by your eyes... that make you proud" that pure emotion of "i did it" is the one thing that EVERYONE searches for in life.
A very interesting interview, love it!
Cant wait to see who's in the next interview
What a Honor to interview him. Gratz, and thanks for the video.
Pajitnov is a genius. He was patient about being paid for his game.
Thanks for uploading. Very informative.
This man is a Hero
What a great opportunity, Adam. Fantastic video!
Nuff respect to @AdamSessler for getting this interview
#EPIC
Seriously Adam have a genius approach for interviews and this one was so enjoyable and informative. Just wow
This is so cool to me. Thanks Adam and Rev3 for doing this interview and thank you Alexey for making the game of my childhood. :D
It's awesome to hear about game development outside of the major markets. Great interview.
Watching this 10 years later and everything’s digital and we are at the start of the Ai Gen!
Great review.. Thanks Sess and Alexey.
Rev3games was so amazing man! I know something happened behind the scenes and no one has ever came out and said it
Two awesome people to watch chat. This could have been an hour longer and I would have enjoyed it! Thanks, guys!
Great Documentary! Had a beer with Ben Mullen last night. BTW this was a very good interview. Thanks for taking the time to provide this.
tetris is better than call of duty and thats a fact
CALL OF TETRIS
@@user-cs2pi5qz4g hahaha
@@user-cs2pi5qz4g YES >:3 HAHA JAJAJAJA
You're not wrong, but I admit that I enjoy Call of Duty...
Well, but I played these both,
I really like playing classic games and modern games, is that weird?
Excellent interview. What a treat to hear from one of the masters that put gaming on the map.Thanks, Rev3!
Tetris is also beloved because there's no language to learn. A square is a square everywhere. It's easy to play, hard to master, and each game doesn't take too long but you'll want to beat your last time immediately. It's one of the very rare perfect video games.
Very good interview, Adam. As always. :D
Thanks for the info, Noot Yu. These are great!
Привет тем, кто посмотрел фильм Tetris:)
Great interview, great guy.
God, I used to spend so much time with tetris. That game had the perfect formula, simple but challenging.
Great interview, cool to see the story straight from the man's mouth as well and how it played out for him.
This has a different impact after watching Tetris where he apparently was more of an action character who risked his life.
Awesome, this guys story is really interesting. Every time I hear about how rough developers have it with used games, I think back to this.
Im going to play me some Tetris right now.
I remember when G4 covered the rise of Tetris on their old Icons show. But it was nice to see a second interview with Alexey Pajitnov.
0:07 Long time no see Adam Sessler. From a fan of X-Play.
Great interview
All I have to say is if it wasn't for Tetris and Mario I'd probably wouldn't be a gamer thank you Soviet Russia
No! ThankYOU
Soviet Russian183 no problem
Isn't Mario japanese?
No. Thank you Alexey Pajitnov! Soviet Russia was evil! They took all of his royalties and excluded him from all international relations. He was like property to them. Watch Gaming Historian's "the story of tetris" video
and japan
awesome to hear the story from someone so important to gaming, and a story most people dont know.
Adam, Thanks for doing this interview! It's important that we look at our past as a games industry just as much as we look to our future and it's hard to argue against how important Alexey Pajitnov to our history.
Could've done an hour long interview with this guy. Great stuff.
My parents hate that I playing games but when I was little(5), they taught me and my sister how to play it. My elder sister loved it while I thought watching tv was more interesting. Now, she plays casually while I play passionately.
Dope video!!
Fascinating person. Tetris for DOS was actually the very first legal game we ever bought. It got many played hours.
In Soviet Russia, game plays you!
I was gonna say that :P
bozman1678 yo mama
In fat America, game play you!.....
Very cool interview Adam. Can't wait to see what industry icon you get to interview next.
Thanks to sessler and tetris-man for being so awesome!
Thank you 🙏 for what u did creat ❤️
Tetris so so ingrained in the good parts of my life(when my grandfather was alive and other family members who deaths hit me very hard) that to this day if I feel really down or depressed I can just play 20 minutes of Tetris and feel so much better.
It's also the thing that got me and my sister into gaming and now we both still play stuff but love Tetris(I Believe she still has her original Gameboy with the Tetris pack in)
As far as I'm concerned Mr. Pajitnov is gaming royalty if not king.
tetris is still the best stress reliever after work, after all these years.
Make that a weekly feature! PLEASE!!!!!
Good interview ^^
One other thing that struck me as odd was that he takes time to mention version specifics such as hard drop. Historically, early Tetris games such as the 1984 electronika60 original _only_ feature hard drop. Soft drop was a later development.
He mentions randomization as a requirement. There in fact exist "pure puzzle" modes where the goal is optimization of a preset sequences of pieces: see 1988 Sega Tetris's unintentional Power-On Pattern, FlashPoint, Tetris Grand Master 3's Sakura mode, etc.
ahh i hear that music and it just brings me back to my childhood tetris was one of the first games i ever played... i played it for hours on the gameboy before i could even read
Man, not even the game itself is perfect, the music too. Onced I play it when I was kid, the music stuck in my mind and I love to sing it xD
Mr Alexey Pajitnov, thank you for saving the world from boredom lol