A strange little side quest
Put Climbing for Love next to the history of fashion and style and a few unexpected connections appear. By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. And then there is this: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That long chain of experiments is part of why fashion and style still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
