Now, I've used five prompts to create a remarkable facsimile of the classic Asteroids game I played as a teen in the 1980s. It took Ed Logg two weeks to prototype Asteroids for Atari in 1979.

In brief: In today's second story about asteroids – though these ones are far less threatening – Atari has released a line of limited-edition watches celebrating the iconic game's 45th birthday.