A strange little side quest
A little context makes Eva's Hair Studio more fun to place on the gaming map. 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 mixed travel, supplies, risk and survival decisions decades before resource-management systems became common in mainstream games. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Eva's Hair Studio feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
