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Alexey Pajitnov, a Rare card
Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian and American computer engineer and video game designer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Alexey Pajitnov quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alexey Pajitnov card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1996, he founded The ______ Company alongside Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers.
Answer
Tetris. In 1996, he founded The Tetris Company alongside Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers. From the Alexey Pajitnov article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in ____ while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
Answer
1980s. He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. From the Alexey Pajitnov article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alexey Pajitnov. Alexey Pajitnov 69 · Theunis Piersma 66 · Hyoid bone 63 · ZNF821 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
- Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Pajitnov moved to the United States and became a U.S. citizen.
- In 1996, he founded The Tetris Company alongside Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alexey Pajitnov article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alexey Pajitnov (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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