A strange little side quest
Put Rocket Fuel Tycoon next to the history of space and a few unexpected connections appear. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2012, and Voyager 2 followed in 2018. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: M.U.L.E. arrived in 1983 with multiplayer competition built around gathering resources and keeping a colony alive, an early example of resource-driven strategy play. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.
