A strange little side quest
A quick detour while Baby Cathy Ep17: Shopping waits for your next move: Barbie Fashion Designer became a major software hit in 1996, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months and proving there was a large audience for fashion-focused computer play. The same trail leads to another fact: The Oregon Trail began in 1971 when three student teachers created a computer simulation to help Minnesota schoolchildren learn American history. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.
