A strange little side quest
Between one round of Rocket Bounce and the next, this is worth knowing: Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris in 1984 after drawing inspiration from pentomino puzzles, then simplified the idea around shapes made from four squares. The same trail leads to another fact: Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and its creator Toru Iwatani famously linked the character's shape to a pizza with a slice missing. So a round of Rocket Bounce is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer puzzles timeline.
