The Learning Company launched a Facebook version of its beloved edutainment game The Oregon Trail Wednesday, introducing social features and microtransactions into the classic story of American can-do and bloody diarrhea.
Most everyone alive today between the ages of 25 and 35 probably played Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe computer that their middle school got after redeeming hundreds of soup can labels. We learned several valuable life lessons from this journey of early American pioneers who struck out into the untamed Northwest. For instance, trying to caulk your wagon and float it across a river usually results in the loss of several sets of clothing, half your bullets and a baby.
The Facebook version of The Oregon Trail game introduces different categories of pioneer wisdom. For example, if you get low on vigor and can’t find the strength to continue on the trail anymore, you can get more energy by using a major credit card. This educational software teaches that the early American settlers were morons, buying stupid oxen and whatever when they should have just packed their Visa cards.
What’s next for the Learning Company? On Feb. 9, the publisher will launch its Facebook version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, in which the infamous criminal mastermind will turn herself in to the police for $5.
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