A strange little side quest
A small trivia drop for Build a Road: The name Tetris combines a reference to four-square pieces with Pajitnov's interest in tennis. That old idea kept changing rather than disappearing. M.U.L.E. arrived in 1983 with multiplayer competition built around gathering resources and keeping a colony alive, an early example of resource-driven strategy play. So a round of Build a Road is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer puzzles timeline.