A strange little side quest
Zoom out from HotDog Maker for a moment and the timeline gets surprisingly deep. Electric refrigeration reached the American mass market in the late 1920s, changing how households stored food and even how desserts such as ice cream could be made at home. And the history keeps stacking up: 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. It is a good reminder that simple game mechanics can carry a surprising amount of history.
