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It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly coloured geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once this alarmingly addictive game emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega – game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications and outright theft.New York Times bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world’s most popular video game.

The bestest Rugrats comics collected in the first of two new volumes! Get ready for more adventures with Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica!Hold on to your diapies, babies! Everyone's favorite adventurous tots are back for more adventures from their pint-sized perspective! Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, & Lil have noticed something—they’re being watched. Somehow, their parents can see everything, and there’s no place to hide. A baby’s gotta do what a baby’s gotta do to have fun while avoiding the hidden eyes of their watching parents! Meanwhile, diapers are flying everywhere after Grandpa Lou reads a crazy conspiracy story online that leads Tommy to believe that everyone is being replaced by giant lizard people. It's up to the gang to get to the bottom of it all. Writers Box Brown and Pranas T. Naujokaitis are joined by an acclaimed group of artists, including Lisa DuBois, Jorge Monlongo, Carolyn Nowak, Mattia Di Meo, and many more! The bestest starting place for lifelong Rugrats fans and new readers alike! Collects Rugrats #1–8.

In 1518, during his violent colonial campaign, Cortés introduces hemp farming to Mexico. In secret, locals begin cultivating the plant for consumption. Cannabis makes its way to the United States by means of the immigrant labour force. Once the plant has been shared with black labourers in the USA, it doesn’t take long for American lawmakers to decry cannabis as the vice of "inferior races”. Enter an era of propaganda designed to whip up fear amongst the public. Dishonest and discriminatory campaigns, spearheaded by legislators and the press, spread vicious lies about a plant that has been used by humanity for thousands of years. The result: cannabis is given a schedule 1 classification, alongside heroin. In this entertaining and expertly crafted graphic novel, Box Brown offers a rich, persuasive and eye-opening guide to the complex and troubled history of weed in America.