The Tetris Effect: How Tetris Became the Unexpected Feel-Good Video Game Movie

It’s eggnog season—and not just any nog. We’re talking Golden Egg Nog from the old Hood milk mafia, the stuff thick enough to count as a sin. Perfect time for a feel-good movie, right?

Johnny Spoiler dives into one of the most unexpectedly uplifting movies of the last few years: TETRIS (2023). Yes, the movie about the video game. Yes, it’s WAY better than it has any right to be.

• The true story of Henk Rogers, Nintendo’s ride-or-die dealmaker who bet everything on a block-stacking dream.

• The real “Tetris Effect” and why the game showed up in players’ dreams for decades.

• How Tetris became the best-selling video game of all time (until Minecraft pulled a power move).

• The wild rights battle involving Nintendo, Atari, Mirrorsoft, and Soviet bureaucracy.

• Why Taron Egerton continues to own the “real-guy-in-a-crazy-situation” movie niche.

• Our favorite retro shoutouts: Game Boy, Ninja Turtles arcade, Mario 3, Chrono Trigger, Star Fox, Final Fantasy VII, and more.

• And of course: one of the best post-2000 movie mustaches ever filmed.

• Ansel Elgort & Shirley MacLaine team up for the road-trip comedy Lucy Boomer.

• An 80s-style action thriller incoming: Trial By Combat from Renny Harlin & Aaron Eckhart.

• Mattel is making… a View-Master movie?! Let’s speculate wildly.

Binge Now.Stream it on Apple TV+ (or start that free trial), or hunt down the rumored DVD like it’s a secret Soviet cartridge.

Shout-out to Nikolaxnick on IG for tracking down our L.A. Story episode—300+ episodes still online!

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Drink the Nog.The Golden Kind.Debate The Grinch.Live your truth.

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