A strange little side quest
Emily's Home Sweet Home belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. A major archery competition held at Finsbury in England in 1583 drew about 3,000 participants. And then there is this: SimCity grew out of Will Wright's enjoyment of the map editor he had built for an earlier game; the act of shaping a city became the game itself. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.