A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Messi vs Ronaldo Kick Tac Toe is anything but tiny. Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris in 1984 after drawing inspiration from pentomino puzzles, then simplified the idea around shapes made from four squares. And then there is this: Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Messi vs Ronaldo Kick Tac Toe feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
