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'''Alexey | '''Alexey Pajitnov''' (Russian: Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов, regularly Aleksei Leonidovich Pazhitnov, | ||
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born [[1956]]) created ''Tetris'' with [[Vadim Gerasimov]] and [[Dmitry Pavlovsky]]. Under his employment contract with the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he received a regular paycheck 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. | |||
As of 1996 to the present (2006), | As of 1996 to the present (2006), Pajitnov works for Microsoft, designing games for MSN Zone and Xbox Live Arcade. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[History]] | *[[History]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pajitnov Wikipedia's article] | ||
[[Category:General Information]] | [[Category:General Information]] | ||
Revision as of 03:19, 23 March 2007
Alexey Pajitnov (Russian: Алексей Леонидович Пажитнов, regularly Aleksei Leonidovich Pazhitnov, born 1956) created Tetris with Vadim Gerasimov and Dmitry Pavlovsky. Under his employment contract with the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he received a regular paycheck 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.
As of 1996 to the present (2006), Pajitnov works for Microsoft, designing games for MSN Zone and Xbox Live Arcade.