A strange little side quest
One reason racing keeps producing good game ideas around Plants vs Zombies: Fusion Nightmare is that its history is full of strange turns. A top Formula 1 tyre stop can happen in under two seconds; McLaren set a 1.80-second pit-stop record. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.