Which isn't surprising, considering that Laser Socks uses Victor's team's codebase.

Oh Gosh... Spacewar! it was like adrenaline crack as the frustration of ship-drift into an asteroid/over-accelerating would drive you nuts...

Another insight into computing, i think, was TradeWars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Wars

Now make it LaserSocks 4-player - and have non-players call out the player who should be taken out first/betting on who will win :-)