A strange little side quest
Before the next round of 2 Billiards 2 Play, here is a piece of the bigger picture. Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. That is only half the story. Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and its creator Toru Iwatani famously linked the character's shape to a pizza with a slice missing. That long chain of experiments is part of why sports history still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
