I seriously doubt that threes was born in a vacuum. Threes was surely itself modeled after other games (mahjong comes to mind, though i'm sure there are better

I seriously doubt that threes was born in a vacuum. Threes was surely itself modeled after other games (mahjong comes to mind, though i'm sure there are better examples). To claim that 2048 is merely a 'clone' ignores the ways in which 2048 is different (some would say better) and it also propagates a damaging myth of creation/innovation.