A strange little side quest
The mechanics around Pirates of Voxelplay have roots that stretch far beyond modern browsers. Boxing was part of the ancient Olympic Games by 688 BC, long before gloves, weight classes, or timed rounds existed in anything like their modern form. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Pirates of Voxelplay feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
