A strange little side quest
The next time My Skating Outfit asks for one more try, remember that game ideas rarely appear from nowhere. 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. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: 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 My Skating Outfit a little more company than it first appears to have.
