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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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The Story of The Oregon Trail - The history behind one of the most successful edutainment games of all time, and why the original creators never made a penny.

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The Story of The Oregon Trail - The history behind one of the most successful edutainment games of all time, and why the original creators never made a penny.

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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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The Story of The Oregon Trail
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In 1971, three student teachers in Minneapolis, MN created a little computer game about westward expansion in the United States. Over 50 years later, The Ore...
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    When I find myself with a spare 80+more minutes I’ll have to finish watching that.

    Anyone have some time to lend me?

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
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      You don’t have to watch it all in one go, lol

      • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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        I started with 3 minutes XD

        • otp@sh.itjust.works
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          Kudos to you for starting! Haha

          • hemmes@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Look at Johnny 5 over here

        • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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          Just 28 more sessions!

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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      I think I could beat the game in less time than it takes to watch this video

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    Intend to watch the full thing later, but I already love his style based on the opening minutes! The interviews remind me of old PBS/Nova style documentaries where so much of them was just letting people talk and tell their stories. Very cool!

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      Both PBS and Nova are still around! If you don’t have cable or antenna, anybody who pledges $5 a month can get the app.

      Just a head’s up: their children’s programming is a separate app. Unsure if you have to choose which app you want or get both though, I don’t have children so never looked.

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        Haha, I am aware, thank you

        • WamGams@lemmy.ca
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          Just when you think the spring drive is over, we find your social media.

          PS: To be clear, I am not with PBS. Just a believer in the mission.

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      Everyone one of their documentaries is amazing.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netOP
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      He’s like the Ken Burns of gaming! 😄

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      I feel like that’s the exact vibe they go for with these. It feels so authentic, too. VGH clearly has a love of both video game history, and that particular era of documentary programming.

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    Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

    https://piped.video/watch?v=8QbjlHeoLdc

    Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

    I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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      deleted by creator

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    TLDW?

    • ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.world
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      It’s literally the story of how Oregon Trail came to be. With interviews from the people who made it. Honestly it’s worth a watch if you find early video game development or early computing at all interesting. Video Game Historian puts out some fantastic documentaries and this one is equally fantastic.

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    Excellent video! If you have the time to watch all of it, do so. The early days of computing were wild!

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    Great episode

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