Oregon Trail travelers could ford the river, caulk their wagons—or just cross a bridge. Much like in the Oregon Trail computer game, river crossings could be perilous for parties of covered ...

The Oregon Trail was a challenge, to say the least, but its most dangerous crossing has evolved into one of the most ...

The whole game prompts you to book a trip to Oregon, of course, but with this level of detail and throwbackery, we're all for it. Munchies reports that you can play the game through to December 31 ...

Survival games like DayZ, Rust, The Long Dark, and The Day Before owe it all to The Oregon Trail, the defining text-based educator launched all the way back in 1971. Naturally, over the last 51 ...

Die of dysentery, or cholera? Caulk your wagon, or attempt to ford it across the river? Decisions were dire, but in the iconic "Oregon Trail" game, the choice was left up to your eager ten-year ...

In all, "The Oregon Trail Card Game" is worth the $12 price of admission. It makes for a decent distraction once you get the rules down. And although it's a bit confusing to start, once it gets ...

For the uninitiated, Oregon Trail is a pixelated, educational computer game where player s manage inventory, hunt for food and ford every river, odds be damned, as they journey from Missouri to ...

But instead of falling prey to a snakebite or coming down with cholera — or failing to safely ford a river… News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals LOCAL ...

The Strong National Museum of Play announced 15 finalists for the 2016 World Video Hall of Fame class on March 29. 'The Oregon Trail' education video game was among the group.

Oregon Trail’s hunting mini-game. Credit: Gameloft. But all the essentials are there. You can still choose between fording or rafting a river. You can name your crew after friends and family, ...

Grab your wagons and oxen, and get ready to ford a river: A movie adaptation of the popular grade school computer game Oregon Trail is in development at Apple.. The studio landed the film pitch ...

Minnesota-made ‘Oregon Trail’ game being adapted into a movie Local computer geeks created the beloved simulation of crossing the American frontier. Now Apple’s bringing it to the big screen.