A strange little side quest
Best Surfer has plenty of company in a long tradition of players chasing timing, patterns and better decisions. Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.