Vladimir Pokhilko was a Russia

Russia

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n academic who specialized in human-computer interaction and an entrepreneur. Along with Alexey Pajitnov, he played an active role in the development and marketing of the popular video game Tetris

Tetris

Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...

. After suffering financial difficulties at his software company, AnimaTek, he murdered his wife Elena Fedotova (38) and their son Peter (12) then committed suicide. Shortly before his death, Pokhilko penned a note, possibly a suicide note

Suicide note

A suicide note or death note is a message that states the author has died by suicide, and left to be discovered and read in anticipation of suicide....

, which read:

"I've been eaten alive. Vladimir. Just remember that I am exist. The davil."

External links

• Vladimir Pokhilko seminar abstract and bio on the Stanford University
  Stanford University
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   Human-Computer Interaction website.
• When startups become blowups Article on the difficulties of entrepreneurship including a section about Vladimir Pokhilko and his software company in Forbes Magazine.
• Pushed past the brink Article from the San Francisco Chronicle
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