A strange little side quest
A little context makes Geomatrix Space Wars more fun to place on the gaming map. Our solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of gas and dust collapsing under gravity. The same trail leads to another fact: The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. That long chain of experiments is part of why space still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.