A strange little side quest
Hairdresser Challenge Games 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 gives Hairdresser Challenge Games a little more company than it first appears to have.
