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| alt = A cropped headshot of Alexey Pajitnov smiling, standing outside of a building during the day. | | alt = A cropped headshot of Alexey Pajitnov smiling, standing outside of a building during the day. | ||
| caption = Alexey at the MundoCombo Conference, in Barcelona Spain, in June 2008 | | caption = Alexey at the MundoCombo Conference, in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2008 | ||
| birth_name = Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov | | birth_name = Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|16|df=y}}<ref name="Tetris">{{cite web | url=https://tetris.com/bios#alexey | title=Corporate Bio | publisher=[[Tetris]] | access-date=April | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|16|df=y}}<ref name="Tetris">{{cite web | url=https://tetris.com/bios#alexey | title=Corporate Bio | publisher=[[Tetris]] | access-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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'''Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov'''{{efn|1=Russian: <span lang="ru">Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов</span>, romanized: ''Aleksey Leonidovich Pazhitnov''.}} | '''Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov''',{{efn|1=Russian: <span lang="ru">Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов</span>, romanized: ''Aleksey Leonidovich Pazhitnov''.}} born on April 16, 1955,<ref>https://tetris.com/bios#alexey</ref> created ''Tetris'' with [[Vadim Gerasimov]] and [[Dmitry Pavlovsky]]. Under his employment contract with the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he received a regular paycheque instead of royalties (similar to "work made for hire" under modern copyright law). He and [[Henk Rogers]] went on to found [[The Tetris Company]] in 1996. | ||
Pajitnov worked for Microsoft from 1996 to 2005<ref>https://news.microsoft.com/1996/10/23/alexey-pajitnov-creator-of-tetris-joins-microsoft-games-group/</ref> | Pajitnov worked for Microsoft from 1996 to 2005,<ref>https://news.microsoft.com/1996/10/23/alexey-pajitnov-creator-of-tetris-joins-microsoft-games-group/</ref> designing games for MSN's Gaming Zone and Xbox Live Arcade.<ref>https://news.microsoft.com/1999/09/30/tetris-creator-unveils-first-microsoft-created-puzzle-game/</ref><ref>https://news.microsoft.com/1999/10/11/puzzle-masters-big-challenge-keeping-pandoras-box-simple/</ref> | ||
He stays active in the game development community by judging competitions, and speaking at conferences.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140803224606/https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/07/31/hands-games-judging-imagine-cup-world-finals-gives-competitors-advice-encouragement/</ref><ref>https://www.gdcvault.com/play/573/The-Game-Design-Challenge-The</ref><ref>https://www.gdcvault.com/play/420/The-Game-Design-Challenge-The</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/2007/03/gdc-game-design/</ref> | He stays active in the game development community by judging competitions, and speaking at conferences.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140803224606/https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/07/31/hands-games-judging-imagine-cup-world-finals-gives-competitors-advice-encouragement/</ref><ref>https://www.gdcvault.com/play/573/The-Game-Design-Challenge-The</ref><ref>https://www.gdcvault.com/play/420/The-Game-Design-Challenge-The</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/2007/03/gdc-game-design/</ref> | ||
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Alexey Pajitnov | |
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.jpg) Alexey at the MundoCombo Conference, in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2008 | |
| Born | Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov 16 April 1955[1] Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Alma mater | Moscow Aviation Institute (M.S., Applied Mathematics) |
| Known for | Creator of Tetris |
Notable work |
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| Spouse(s) | Nina Pajitnov |
| Children | 2 |
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Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov,[a] born on April 16, 1955,[2] created Tetris with Vadim Gerasimov and Dmitry Pavlovsky. Under his employment contract with the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he received a regular paycheque instead of royalties (similar to "work made for hire" under modern copyright law). He and Henk Rogers went on to found The Tetris Company in 1996.
Pajitnov worked for Microsoft from 1996 to 2005,[3] designing games for MSN's Gaming Zone and Xbox Live Arcade.[4][5]
He stays active in the game development community by judging competitions, and speaking at conferences.[6][7][8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ "Corporate Bio". Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ↑ https://tetris.com/bios#alexey
- ↑ https://news.microsoft.com/1996/10/23/alexey-pajitnov-creator-of-tetris-joins-microsoft-games-group/
- ↑ https://news.microsoft.com/1999/09/30/tetris-creator-unveils-first-microsoft-created-puzzle-game/
- ↑ https://news.microsoft.com/1999/10/11/puzzle-masters-big-challenge-keeping-pandoras-box-simple/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140803224606/https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/07/31/hands-games-judging-imagine-cup-world-finals-gives-competitors-advice-encouragement/
- ↑ https://www.gdcvault.com/play/573/The-Game-Design-Challenge-The
- ↑ https://www.gdcvault.com/play/420/The-Game-Design-Challenge-The
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/2007/03/gdc-game-design/
Notes
- ↑ Russian: Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов, romanized: Aleksey Leonidovich Pazhitnov.