A strange little side quest
Put Glitter Toys Coloring Book next to the history of video-game history and a few unexpected connections appear. Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. A second detail makes the picture even better: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Glitter Toys Coloring Book feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
