A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Craig of the Creek: Scout Defence is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Games resembling checkers were being played thousands of years ago; evidence of related games reaches back to around 1600 BC. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.