{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"'Tetris' screenwriter on translating dramatic history of Soviet game to film","publication_date":"April 16, 2023","summary":"There's an addictive quality to Tetris -- so addictive that in the Soviet Union, where it was created in 1984, the government blocked it from state computers because it was ruining productivity. A slightly embellished version of how the video game escaped from behind the Iron Curtain is portrayed in a new film on Apple TV+. \"Tetris\" screenwriter Noah Pink joins John Yang to discuss the project.","author_name":"By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Juliet Fuisz","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2023\/04\/52cb3156f7c488264a5577011c9cd8d4-tetris-1-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}