A strange little side quest
Between one round of Cargo Crime Shooter and the next, this is worth knowing: Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. That is only half the story. Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. That long chain of experiments is part of why strategy games still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
