The Sims revolutionized simulation gaming by making mundane tasks monumental, appealing to diverse audiences. (113 characters) From arcade machines to mobile apps, video games have ...

“You have dysentery” The time setting of the Oregon Trail game (1847-1848) means that typically only white males who made the trek would be rewarded with federal land.

Dysentery Outbreak in Oregon Leaves at Least 40 Sickened — and Likely Many More, Experts Say The surge in Portland of the extremely contagious bacterial illness is linked to the number of people ...

Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.

Dying of dysentery is now more than just a video game meme in Oregon. In a disgusting turn of events straight out of the “Oregon Trail” game, the diarrhea-inducing malady dysentery is making a ...

The Oregon Trail is a 1971 video game that is infamous for its difficulty and the likelihood your character will die of dysentery. Now, a browser version is out that gives you the stomach sickness ...

The Oregon Trail was once the most widely distributed software in US schools. It gripped a generation and changed gaming forever, but debates rage on about the history it depicts.

"The Oregon Trail," an educational computer game for grade schoolers, which later spawned memes, is now being turned into a movie. Based on the actual Oregon Trail, a perilous path between ...

Now more than 50 years after the first “Oregon Trail” program, Apple is reportedly developing the game into an action-comedy movie.

One of the most successful computer games of all time is currently being developed by Apple as a forthcoming movie.

But even uberfans sporting “You have died of dysentery” T-shirts might not realize “Oregon Trail” was created by a trio of computer geeks who pioneered the simulation computer game.