A strange little side quest
The next time Ultimate Lawn Mowing Simulator: Mower Master asks for one more try, remember that game ideas rarely appear from nowhere. SimCity grew out of Will Wright's enjoyment of the map editor he had built for an earlier game; the act of shaping a city became the game itself. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.
