Alexey Pajitnov As a child, he was a fan of puzzles and played with pentomino toys. In creating "Tetris," he drew inspiration from these toys. Pajitnov created "Tetris" with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1984. The game, first available in the Soviet Union, appeared in the West in 1986. Pajitnov also created a sequel to "Tetris", entitled "Welltris", which has the same principle but in a three dimensional environment where the player sees the playing area from above. "Tetris" was licensed and managed by Soviet company ELORG, which had a monopoly on the import and export of computer
The Games Machine (Italy) was acquired by the Italian publishing company "Sprea Media Italy". After a few years of co-existence with its historical rival magazine "Giochi per il Mio Computer", today "TGM" is the only Italian PC gaming magazine. In August 2013, "The Games Machine" celebrated its 300th issue and its 25th anniversary, becoming the second longest-running videogame magazine in the world behind the Japanese "Famitsu", and the longest-running PC gaming magazine ever. The event also saw the relaunch of the magazine's website. The Games Machine (Italy) The Games Machine, also known by the acronym TGM, is an Italian video game magazine that features