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Tetris Movie Interview with Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers

Gamertag Radio

Gamertag Radio

Other Games, Video Games, Leisure, Games

4.2523 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Podcast exclusive! To celebrate the 18th anniversary of Gamertag Radio, we have a special episode. Tetris Movie interview with the creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov and video game designer and entrepreneur, Henk Rogers.

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, podcasting since 2005.

0:10.8

You're listening to Gamer Tag Radio.

0:14.7

With your host, podcaster Hall of Famer Danny Pena, the always opinionated Paris

0:20.5

Lily, and from outside of the norm

0:22.5

Peter Toledo.

0:24.0

This is Gamer Tag Radio.

0:30.5

Welcome to Gamer Tag Radio

0:35.0

episode 1246.

0:37.4

This is your host Danny Pena. Thank you everyone for for listening to this special podcast episode. Actually, Gamer Tag Radio just turned 18 years old. A couple days ago. I was in Dice at the Dice Summit. That took place in Las Vegas. And I drove actually here from L.A.

0:57.5

And it was a great time. We were there for like a whole week. Got to see a lot of people from

1:01.7

the industry. And I had workshops, panels. Also, we went to the Dice Awards, which also happened.

1:10.4

And that was a great time so for this episode

1:14.3

this is again a very very special episode so a couple weeks back i got invited to a private

1:23.3

screening of the tetris movie that which is coming out, Apple TV, very very soon.

1:31.6

And it's based on a true life story about the creator, Alexi Panjimov, and also Hank Rogers.

1:41.6

He was the one that discovered the game. He used to be part of the distribution.

1:47.8

And he will go to like Japan over there. And he discovered this game, Tetris, during CES back in 1980 or something like that.

1:58.7

So I talked to the creator of Tetris and also Hank on this episode, GTR to celebrate

2:07.0

the 18th anniversary of GTR and also to celebrate the release of the movie, which is coming

2:12.3

out very, very soon.

2:14.6

But first of all, I want to say thanks to Apple and everybody that invited me to

2:18.6

check out the film. I had a great time watching it. And I think people are going to enjoy it

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