Alexey Pajitnov
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] |
| Alma mater | Moscow Aviation Institute (M.S., Applied Mathematics) |
| Known for | Creator of Tetris |
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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 17, 2021.
- ↑ 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.