Nate, Sebastian, and Ryan are joined by special guest Lucy to discuss The Oregon Trail, staple of all '80s elementary classrooms. Come to hear about the hardships of cross-country emigration in the 1840s, stay to find out why Ryan means to take pictures of his local Cinnabon.
SHOW NOTES:
GDC Post-mortem of The Oregon Trail with Don Rawitsch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGNFhKhoKY
Game Informer's history of the MECC:
Play The Oregon Trail (MS-DOS) at the Internet Archive!
Nate, Sebastian, and Ryan gather to discuss Gauntlet, the arcade game that popularized four-player co-op and raised the bar for game narratives with classic lines like "WIZARD NEEDS FOOD BADLY." We discuss the tensions between cooperation and competition, four-player games we've loved, and Ryan's nostalgia for sword and sorcery.