Nomad Radio » retro http://www.nomadradio.fm Weird Things for Strange People Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Weird Things for Strange People Nomad Radio no Nomad Radio baron.vonkanehoffen@gmail.com baron.vonkanehoffen@gmail.com (Nomad Radio) 2006-2009 Weird Things for Strange People Nomad Radio http://www.nomadradio.fm/wp-content/nomad-itunes-sm.gif http://www.nomadradio.fm Video games in the Time of Cholera (or: Why I learned to stop worrying and love the emulated Oregon Trail) http://www.nomadradio.fm/200906/blog/video-games/video-games-in-the-time-of-cholera-or-why-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-emulated-oregon-trail/ http://www.nomadradio.fm/200906/blog/video-games/video-games-in-the-time-of-cholera-or-why-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-emulated-oregon-trail/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:13:09 +0000 Gargleman http://www.nomadradio.fm/?p=1077 An exciting raft-based mini-game the likes of which would not be seen again until Dizzy Down The Rapids

Raft-based mini games wouldn't be this good again until Dizzy Down The Rapids

I’ve been trying to work out what I loved best about the Oregon Trail, which can now be played online in its original glory.

Was it the hunting mini-game, which was even slightly rubbish back in the mid 1980s? Was it the realistic portrayal of 19th Century pioneer spirit? Was it the attempt to educate you in American history as you played?

cholera

Nope.

It was calling your characters rude names and then chuckling as they all drowned or died of cholera.

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