Completed by a Soviet programmer in 1984, Tetris has come a long way from its square roots. It is played by millions, not just on computers and gaming consoles, but now on Facebook and the iPhone as well.
Tetris stands out as one of the rare cultural products to come West from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. And the addictive rhythm of its task-by-task race against time was an early sign of our inbox-clearing, Twitter-updating, BlackBerry-thumbing world to come.
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Tetris has been called 'the perfect enactment of the overtasked lives of Americans.' Photo / AP
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