Tag: Thor Aackerlund
News Thor Aackerlund Set To Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of The 1990 Nintendo World Championships
"The true birth of eSports started here"
A quarter of the century ago Nintendo held the first round of the 1990 Nintendo World Championships in Texas, and this weekend there will be a special event to mark this anniversary. Taking place across two days - March 7th and 8th - at the newly-opened store Freaks and Geeks in Denton, Texas, the event will...
Video You'll Wish You Could Play Tetris As Well As This
Thor Aackerlund is a Tetris master
Like the talented and popular sporty kid you used to hate at school, Thor Aackerlund has been annoying the hell out of Nintendo fans for decades, thanks largely to his superhuman gaming skills — skills which won him the coveted Nintendo World Championship back in 1990. Turns out Aackerlund hasn't allowed his...
