A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Clay-Scape!. Arthur Wynne published a diamond-shaped 'Word-Cross' in the New York World on December 21, 1913; the name later shifted to 'Cross-Word' and then 'crossword'. It also connects to a different milestone: Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. So a round of Clay-Scape! is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer puzzles timeline.
