Guilty Pleasures: Mary has Typhoid
Here’s another gem that Ben alerted me to – The Oregon Trail! This is a GREAT way to spend a reminiscent hour. Plus it brings back all kinds of good stories from childhood and discussions like “what was your hunting strategy?” Em and I used to buy a wagon full of bullets, and hunt for weeks. We’d stand in the middle of the screen and just spin. Instead of landmarks, we judged our progress by the type of game that would emerge at different parts. Ahhhh, the good old days!
Remember when the hardest decisions were which names to put down for your wagon? How you can tell that animals are dead because they flip over? Waiting for the river to go down? Taking 6 days to rest, and having people get more sick?? Oh yes, there are these memories and so many more awaiting you!
Get ready to be blasted back to 1990: Go Play The Oregon Trail!
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scottyg said,
August 2, 2007 at 9:21 pm
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‘Nuf said.
Laura said,
August 3, 2007 at 7:33 am
HA! Awesome!!
Ben said,
August 3, 2007 at 4:59 pm
The wagon party naming process isn’t nearly as arbitrary as you make it sound. There are very specific, well-defined and widely recognized rules.
The first name must always be your name, or a well-known alias.
The second name is your best friend. Ideally, he will be seated next to you, so that he can marvel at your skill and lament his repeated injuries. The game randomly selects one of you as the hunter. If you fail to kill any animals, it is because your friend was hunting and he doesn’t know how to shoot. He should be blamed whenever this situation arises.
The third name is reserved for another friend, if possible, or the teacher, if you have no other friends. If you were forced to use the teacher’s name already, you may enter the principal’s name instead. Be careful. If anything bad happens to this person, you may be subjected to disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion.
The fourth name is a fictional construct, suitable for a witty or off-color limerick on a gravestone. Alternatively, you may input the name of your most hated enemy. This party member must not survive the journey. If they become ill, cut the rations and double the pace.
The fifth name is reserved for your secret crush. If anything bad happens to her, you must immediately restart the game, and there’s an excellent chance that the two of you will never be together. However, if the thief comes in the night and steals her sets of clothing, this bodes well for the future of your relationship.