A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Elliott from earth: Bug-Off! is anything but tiny. Games resembling checkers were being played thousands of years ago; evidence of related games reaches back to around 1600 BC. And the history keeps stacking up: 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 Elliott from earth: Bug-Off! is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer strategy games timeline.
