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The history of Tetris randomizers: simon.lc/the-history-of-tetris metafilter.com/182935/let-piec

Truly uniformly random distributions tend to be more clustered than people expect (having runs of the same piece or of mostly the same piece). So later versions took measures to make the piece distribution less random and more non-clustered.

simon.lcThe history of Tetris randomizers - Simon LarocheIn 1985, Alexey Pajitnov and Vadim Gerasimov released Tetris to the public. This fun and highly addictive game challenged players to fit... - Simon Laroche