@andywitmyer Probably had some kind of mental illness he was dealing with as well. Not to excuse any of his actions, but even if we’ve gone through similar circumstances, it’s impossible to truly understand another human’s sufferings and demons.
@RETRO_J @SLIGEACH_EIRE I guess it could be read that way. Definitely didn’t come across that way to me initially given the way it is written.
@joedick that’s what I wanna know. Seems like the lingering unanswered question.
Interesting article to think about the different economic treatments between state-sponsored, “top down” communism and free market capitalism. Initially when the Soviets keep so much control over the Tetris creators and prevent them from reaping the economic rewards that we all fee are due to them, it seems so unfair (and I think it is unfair to some degree). But then when they are able to shift to the capitalist, money chasing system, they continually create titles that pale in comparison to Tetris and eventually it drives one of them to madness. I wonder if they did so well with Tetris precisely because they weren’t trying to create a hit and it came from a more reasoned academic background. The tragedy in both systems indicates to me that we could somehow find some middle ground between the two. Anyway, good article!
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Re: Feature: The Tragic Story Behind The Man Who Helped Create Tetris
@andywitmyer Probably had some kind of mental illness he was dealing with as well. Not to excuse any of his actions, but even if we’ve gone through similar circumstances, it’s impossible to truly understand another human’s sufferings and demons.
@RETRO_J @SLIGEACH_EIRE I guess it could be read that way. Definitely didn’t come across that way to me initially given the way it is written.
@joedick that’s what I wanna know. Seems like the lingering unanswered question.
Interesting article to think about the different economic treatments between state-sponsored, “top down” communism and free market capitalism. Initially when the Soviets keep so much control over the Tetris creators and prevent them from reaping the economic rewards that we all fee are due to them, it seems so unfair (and I think it is unfair to some degree). But then when they are able to shift to the capitalist, money chasing system, they continually create titles that pale in comparison to Tetris and eventually it drives one of them to madness. I wonder if they did so well with Tetris precisely because they weren’t trying to create a hit and it came from a more reasoned academic background. The tragedy in both systems indicates to me that we could somehow find some middle ground between the two. Anyway, good article!