Wanna feel old? Tetris is 30

The incredible thing about Tetris is

not just that it turns 30 today, but that despite its age you don’t have to describe it to ANYONE in the room for them to know what you’re talking about.

And most likely they all can even sing the theme tune back to you.

1001 No.93: Tetris (1984)

Available for nearly every game console and operating system in the history of time, it has sold hundreds of millions of copies across the globe, and is one of the top selling games ever created – and believe it or not, it was created on this very day 30 years ago.

A pretty positive outcome for something out of Moscow during the Cold War. Though of course, perhaps it was all just a plot to bring the capitalist world to a standstill through falling block addiction…

Want to know more? To celebrate the occasion, Time Magazine interviewed the game’s creator, Alexey Pajitnov – read it here >

Or of course, just play it