Go west; secrets of the Oregon Trail revealed at today’s BottleCap Talk
Today we kick it old school at BottleCap talk. We’ll hear from John Krenz – one of the Oregon Trail’s pioneer (pun well-intended) programmers – and these days one of our software development managers.
John was the lead programmer for the Apple lle version of Oregon Trail. Turns out he knew all along that Oregon Trail was educational – tricking kids into learning (social studies and language arts) and playing with computers (the gateway to all kinds of nerdiness) by making it fun.
Education remains fun at Nerdery BottleCap talks – a time (4:30 every Friday) dedicated to peer-to-peer learning (w/beer). Our typical BottleCap is a show-and-tell of a notable Nerdery project launched during the week, and while we unleashed numerous eventual interactive classics this week, John will demo the proud product of his formative years using a classic/relic Apple lle (the way the game was meant to be played, some purists say).
The Trail may be old but the beer is cold. Visitors are welcome – leave us a comment if you’re coming. Ample parking for oxen, bring your own hay.
