A strange little side quest
A quick detour while Dig & Build: Miner Merge waits for your next move: Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris in 1984 after drawing inspiration from pentomino puzzles, then simplified the idea around shapes made from four squares. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. The Oregon Trail mixed travel, supplies, risk and survival decisions decades before resource-management systems became common in mainstream games. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.
