Alexey Pajitnov, Creator of Tetris

Alexey Pajitnov.

Creator of Tetris, 'nuff said.

He's kept that Russian bearded thing all along,it seems.

Sure, he's also a contributing creator for  all official Tetris games
ever since.

Alex St. John, Chairman, WildTangent

Check out this ‘gar and stache daddy! Woof!

 

Alex St. John is Chairman and Co-Founder of WildTangent, a growing online game network that has partnerships with US PC manufacturers like HP, Dell, Toshiba and Gateway.

 

About Alex

Alex St. John co-founded WildTangent, Inc. and serves as its Chairman. Prior to founding WildTangent in 1998, St. John was responsible for the development of Microsoft Corp.'s multimedia strategy. St. John was one of the principal creators of Microsoft's DirectX technology, which became the foundation for all Windows multimedia applications, 3D graphics, media players, as well as PC and Xbox games. St. John's achievements while at Microsoft are described in several books including: "Renegades of the Empire" by Michael Drummond; "Opening the Xbox" by Dean Takahashi; and, "Masters of Doom" by David Kushner. St. John is widely considered as a visionary in the gaming industry. He is a monthly columnist for Computer Power User Magazine and a frequent speaker at major media and technology events.

 

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