A strange little side quest
Even a quick game like Homer the Flanders Killer sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. A second detail makes the picture even better: In 1958, Tennis for Two used an analog computer and an oscilloscope to turn simple physics into a playable tennis-like demonstration. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Homer the Flanders Killer feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
