A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Tom's Trap-o-matic is anything but tiny. Chess changed dramatically in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries when the queen became the board's most powerful piece. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That long chain of experiments is part of why strategy games still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
