A strange little side quest
Between one round of Caroline's : Room Ordering Is Fun and the next, this is worth knowing: By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Caroline's : Room Ordering Is Fun feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
