A video released by Japanese toy maker Megahouse captures the first ever face‑to‑face meeting between Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris, and Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube. The two pioneers shook hands at a café inside the OXO Video Game Museum in Spain in December 2025, marking a long‑awaited encounter that had never happened before.
During the short interview, Rubik recounted how his puzzle began as a 2 × 2 cube before evolving into the classic 3 × 3 design, while Pajitnov praised the Cube’s simple spatial logic. Both noted how their games have become cultural touchstones; Rubik said the Cube “changed my life,” and Pajitnov added that Tetris is similarly instantly recognizable. The clip ends with Pajitnov asking Rubik for a selfie, joking that his wife would otherwise be angry.
The meeting coincides with a recent Rubik’s‑Tetris hybrid puzzle, which replaces the usual color‑matching goal with aligning six Tetriminos on a cube surface. Earlier, Digital Eclipse’s “Tetris Forever” interactive museum, released in late 2024, compiled classic Tetris versions and earned VGC’s five‑star praise as a definitive celebration of the series. The video underscores the growing cross‑pollination between the two iconic brands and hints at future collaborations.
