A strange little side quest
Between one round of Village Defense Html5 and the next, this is worth knowing: Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. That long chain of experiments is part of why strategy games still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
