A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in The Tom and Jerry Broom Riders. Early computer role-playing games helped turn rules, inventories, exploration and character progression into systems that could support long-form digital adventures. The timeline takes another interesting turn: 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 The Tom and Jerry Broom Riders feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
