After playing Tetris at a 1988 video game conference, video game designer Henk Rogers knew he’d encountered something special. The only problem? The game was designed and owned by a coder in the Soviet Union.

So in 1989, Henk set off for Soviet Russia on an adventure game of his own to bring the beloved game to the masses.

Founder of Blue Planet Software and The Tetris Company, Henk Rogers talks to Liz Claman about his dangerous journey he braved to bring Tetris to the rest of the world.

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