A strange little side quest
Baby at the Dentist may feel immediate, but the ideas around fashion and style have been evolving for a very long time. In 18th-century America, upper-class men as well as women wore make-up, a reminder that beauty customs have never been as fixed as they can seem. The same trail leads to another fact: 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 is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Baby at the Dentist feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
