How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon
How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon
《俄勒冈之旅》如何成为一代人的标志
On Version History: The game’s designer tells us how the brutal edutainment adventure came together. 在《Version History》节目中：这款残酷的教育娱乐冒险游戏是如何诞生的，游戏设计师亲自向我们讲述。
Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up playing The Oregon Trail. 无论你是在教室后排还是在家里电脑上玩过它，如果你是过去 30 年里成长起来的孩子，你几乎肯定玩过《俄勒冈之旅》（The Oregon Trail）。
On the season 5 premiere of Version History, our fearless wagon leader David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game’s most iconic version. They talk about the academic origins of The Oregon Trail, the game’s complicated legacy, and whether anyone ever really died of dysentery. 在《Version History》第五季的首播集里，我们无畏的“领队” David Pierce 邀请了游戏记者 Chris Grant 以及该游戏最经典版本的首席设计师兼团队负责人 Philip Bouchard。他们探讨了《俄勒冈之旅》的学术起源、该游戏复杂的历史遗产，以及是否真的有人死于痢疾。
This is the first episode of the fifth season of Version History, and this time we’re going back to school. In the weeks to come, we’re taking on the iconic TI-84 graphing calculator, One Laptop Per Child, Chromebook, LeapPad, and the overhead projector. 这是《Version History》第五季的第一集，这一次我们将重返校园。在接下来的几周里，我们将深入探讨标志性的 TI-84 图形计算器、“每个孩子一台笔记本电脑”（OLPC）计划、Chromebook、LeapPad 以及投影仪。
Plus, this Friday, we’ll livestream a playthrough of The Oregon Trail from The Verge’s YouTube channel. Find out which Verge staffers make it to the end, and which ones fall along the way. 此外，本周五我们将在 The Verge 的 YouTube 频道直播《俄勒冈之旅》的通关过程。来看看哪些 Verge 的员工能坚持到终点，又有谁会在途中倒下。
Here’s how to get every episode as soon as it drops: 以下是获取最新剧集的方法：
- The Version History podcast feed
- 《Version History》播客订阅源
- The Version History YouTube channel
- 《Version History》YouTube 频道
- Our TikTok and Instagram accounts
- 我们的 TikTok 和 Instagram 账号
If you’re a Verge subscriber, you can also get access to Version History (and all our other podcasts) with no ads. All you have to do is visit your account settings. 如果你是 The Verge 的订阅用户，你还可以免广告收听《Version History》（以及我们所有的其他播客）。只需访问你的账户设置即可。
If you want to know more about The Oregon Trail, here are some links to get you started: 如果你想了解更多关于《俄勒冈之旅》的信息，以下是一些入门链接：
- From Gaming Historian: The Story of The Oregon Trail
- 来自 Gaming Historian：《俄勒冈之旅》的故事
- From The Atlantic: Going West: The World of Live Action, Competitive Oregon Trail
- 来自《大西洋月刊》：向西进发：真人版、竞技版《俄勒冈之旅》的世界
- From Epic Games: Representing history: the many faces of The Oregon Trail
- 来自 Epic Games：呈现历史：《俄勒冈之旅》的多重面貌
- From died-of-dysentery.com: A Brief History of the Oregon Trail Game
- 来自 died-of-dysentery.com：《俄勒冈之旅》游戏简史
- From BBC: 50 years of The Oregon Trail: The hidden controversies of a video game that defined the US
- 来自 BBC：《俄勒冈之旅》50 年：定义了美国的一款电子游戏背后隐藏的争议