A strange little side quest
A small trivia drop for Bend it Like Bendham: Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. A second detail makes the picture even better: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Bend it Like Bendham feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
