The untold history of Barbie Fashion Designer, the first mass-market ‘game for girls’ - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    This article was an excellent read. I learned more about James Cameron, Titanic, Apollo 13, and Barbie’s Fashion Designer than I ever knew in the span of 10 minutes.

    This part is freaky:

    “Dalton said the stress of it all pushed him to his limits, so much so that immediately after the game’s launch, he felt superstitious about upsetting Barbie — as in, the metaphysical concept of Barbie. For years, he was afraid to even talk about his experiences working on the game because of this bizarre and fantastical fear. Barbie Fashion Designer broke people, he said.”