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one-quarter of a century, 25 years. it's hard to believe that tetris, a simple, casual game that most have seen has been around that long. it involves rotating falling geometric shapes made up of bricks to complete and cause rows to vanish. on june 6th, 2009, it reaches the ripe old age of 25. tetris is not just simple, it's easy: you only need cursor keys (on a pc) to rotate the shapes. the game has been ported from pc to mobile gaming systems, pdas, smartphones, even to regular cell phones. in the 1980s, alexey pajitnov was a mathematician specializing in ai research at a russian university. writing games was a hobby. little did he know that what he unleashed on the world on june 6, 1984 would become a classic video game. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but so many knock-offs resulted that in 1996, pajitnov and hank rogers entered into a partnership to manage and license the tetris. that company, blue planet software, owns the full rights to the game, and will vigorously defend it. source
for humans, 30 isn’t too old — not even middle age these days; but for technology, any age measured in decades denotes something downright ancient. enter the cd, first demonstrated on march 8, 1979. to date, over 3.5 billion audio cd players have been sold along with 240 billion compact discs. sales are in steep decline, however, as the age of physical delivery systems for music ends, with the mp3 now king. the cd hasn’t nearly the passionate fanbase of vinyl records or even cassettes, an probably never will, but many music fans, when blowing out the candles on the cd, will continue to lament the demise of cover art and the idea of the album as a cohesive artistic statement. source, source have any interesting articles you'd like to share? article request thread.
