Kirsten Dirksen - Tetris founder's family village is collapse-proof, remote offgrid-topia
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from catch22@programming.dev to gaming@beehaw.org on 13 May 2025 08:47
https://programming.dev/post/30250632
from catch22@programming.dev to gaming@beehaw.org on 13 May 2025 08:47
https://programming.dev/post/30250632
Thought this was interesting. A little gaming history intermixed with a bunch of other things.
High in the hills of Hawaii’s Big Island, Henk Rogers—best known for bringing Tetris to the world—is taking on a new kind of challenge: building a fully off-grid life. On his 32-acre Pu‛uwa‛awa‛a Ranch, he’s growing his own food, producing his own energy, and working to protect Hawaii’s future.
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Yeah, this is the guy who negotiated with the Russian government to get Tetris onto the gameboy. After the Soviet Union disbanded he founded the Tetris Company with Alexey Pajitnov (the original creator).
settlers cozying up in their LARP bunkers while indigenous Hawaiians die from being displaced by said settlers.
he’s basically presenting this “solarpunk” image of himself to greenwash all the Lex Luthor Elon Musk-stanning projects he’s doing on the side.
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