Office Slacking

A strange little side quest

Even a quick game like Office Slacking sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. A second detail makes the picture even better: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. Grombi files that under: small game, surprisingly large backstory.