{"id":52443,"date":"2023-04-05T14:44:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=52443"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:44:46","slug":"the-real-life-buddies-behind-tetris-from-breaking-laws-in-the-ussr-to-happy-hour-at-sxsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=52443","title":{"rendered":"The Real-Life Buddies Behind \u2018Tetris\u2019: From Breaking Laws in the USSR to Happy Hour at SXSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon\/The Daily Beast\/GettyThe heart of the new movie Tetris, a retelling of how the massively popular video game came to be, lies with its two \u201cheroes\u201d: Henk Rogers (played by Taron Egerton) and Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov). 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