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After the Triumph of Tetris, an Unsolved Puzzle (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] tal 4 points 1 week ago

Alexey Pajitnov, who created the ubiquitous game in 1984, opens up about his failed projects and his desire to design another hit.

He prefers conversations about his canceled and ignored games, the past designs that now make him cringe, and the reality that his life’s signature achievement probably came decades ago.

The problem is that that guy created what is probably the biggest, most timeless simple video game in history. Your chances of repeating that are really low.

It's like you discover fire at 21. The chances of doing it again? Not high. You could maybe do other successful things, but it'd be nearly impossible to do something as big again.