A strange little side quest
One reason video-game history keeps producing good game ideas around Water Ragdoll is that its history is full of strange turns. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. And the history keeps stacking up: Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and its creator Toru Iwatani famously linked the character's shape to a pizza with a slice missing. So a round of Water Ragdoll is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer video-game history timeline.
