Finding time for games…
When a co-worker asked me the other day what games I’m playing, I had to stop and think about it. In the last little while, I have neglected my gaming time because of the beautiful sunny weather we’ve been having. But I did tell him about the last few games I was playing which included “Call of Duty 4″ and “GTA” on my 360 and “Zelda: Phantom Hourglass” on my DS.
I’ve always been more of a console gamer than a pc gamer. There was a time when I would play games on the PC but that was limited to FPS games or Online games like Star Trek: Armada. But when I think back to when I first became introduced to the PC, back in elementary school, I vaguely remember playing and really enjoying the game Oregon Trail.
An Educational Software Classic: Oregon Trail!
I remember going to the Computer Lab and doing our typing exercises. Each of my classmates sitting at their own computers busy doing typing exercises. The teacher would allow us to play some games if we finished our work early and there was still time in the lab.
Oregon Trail was one of the games they let us play. Designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the trail, in Oregon Trail, the player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his party of settlers from Missouri to Oregon along the “Oregon trail”.
I could never get very far in Oregon Trail because there would always be some illness that one of the people traveling on my wagon contracted, which eventually killed them off. Along with the NES, Oregon Trail was one of the first times I was introduced to games. Such a classic!
