My Family Died of Dysentery in the Palm of My Hands—and I Loved Every Minute of It
Before kids hunted for Carmen Sandiego, in a time when computers could barely muster a few on-screen colors, a game…
The Nostalgia Nerds Who Rescue Old Games From Oblivion
Do you remember the first computer game you played? What about the first program you downloaded? Unless you've just…
Organ Trail adds zombies to our favorite educational video game
A while back, we told you about Organ Trail, a zombie-filled webgame inspired by that classic work of morbid…
Where Oregon Trail Forged Its First River
In a small apartment Crystal, Minnesota, a history teacher spent his nights dreaming up ways to bring his subjects to…
Flee the zombie hordes on the "Organ Trail"
The pioneers had it rough traveling the Oregon Trail, but they didn't have to contend with flesh-eating zombies. Can…
The Alderaan Trail: the best Star Wars edutainment game that never existed
Matt Marchini has created screengrabs of The Alderaan Trail, a spin-off of The Oregon Trail in a galaxy far, far away.…
Oregon Trail iPhone Game Hands On
If someone told me in 1987 that Oregon Trail would be played on a three-inch touchscreen device with better graphics…
Oregon Trail Gets a Japantastic Facelift, Coming to the iPhone
For a certain generation, Oregon Trail was one of the first video games they every got hooked on. And now it's coming…