video game console, game cheatsTetris is a puzzle game capable of making the non gamer, a video game console guru in about the same time it takes to create a stack of blocks to beat Level 1. Tetris turned 25 years old this month making it a true child of the video game console. The first version of the Russian game was played without levels, points or really any objective past putting blocks together so they would disappear before reaching the top of a screen. The best ideas are always the simplest and Tetris is a true testament to that. Tetris was the advent of the video game console. After its release, people couldn’t help but try the game at least once. Most that did became instant addicts. Tetris may have the same addictive qualities as crack. No one even thought of game cheats when playing Tetris.

The Russians were really onto to something with this one. What a great way to brighten up the mood after Cold War fears had transformed Russians into things that crept around in American nightmares. Tetris may have been a reason why America started to embrace Russia. When you think of Russian exports a few things come to mind and they are Ak-47s, vodka, Tetris and David Hasselhoff singing on top of the Berlin Wall after it came down.