A strange little side quest
No Time To Explain belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. Our solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of gas and dust collapsing under gravity. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.