Tetris creator surprises Willis Gibson, teen who beat the game
Being the first person to beat the original Tetris game would have been enough for 13-year-old Willis Gibson, a shy teen who spends hours every day piecing the virtual tiles together.
Being the first person to beat the original Tetris game would have been enough for 13-year-old Willis Gibson, a shy teen who spends hours every day piecing the virtual tiles together.
But meeting the two men behind the Tetris Co. was almost too much for Willis, who struggled to find the words when Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of the game we know today, and Henk Rogers, the company's founder and chairman, surprised him during a Zoom interview with NBC News.
"This is so cool," Willis said as Rogers introduced himself. "I never thought I would be able to talk to you guys."
Willis Gibson, from Stillwater, Okla., stands next to the neon Blue Scuti sign his father purchased for him for Christmas before he died.Courtesy Karin CoxOn Tuesday, Willis posted a video to his YouTube page that showed him appearing to defeat Tetris after about 38 minutes of playing.
The teen, who goes by Blue Scuti online, is seen breathing heavily and exclaiming when he crashed Tetris, reaching the game's kill screen.
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