A strange little side quest
A quick detour while Make a Hamburger waits for your next move: Tomatoes helped turn Naples' flatbreads into the food we recognize as pizza, which had become an important food for poorer Neapolitans by the 18th century. A second detail makes the picture even better: The Oregon Trail mixed travel, supplies, risk and survival decisions decades before resource-management systems became common in mainstream games. It is a good reminder that simple game mechanics can carry a surprising amount of history.
