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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<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On the season 5 premiere of Version History,<\/em> our fearless wagon leader David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game\u2019s most iconic version. They talk about the academic origins of The Oregon Trail, <\/em>the game\u2019s complicated legacy, and whether anyone ever really died of dysentery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This is the first episode of the fifth season of Version History<\/em>, and this time we\u2019re going back to school. In the weeks to come, we\u2019re taking on the iconic TI-84 graphing calculator, One Laptop Per Child, Chromebook, LeapPad, and the overhead projector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Plus, this Friday, we\u2019ll livestream a playthrough of The Oregon Trail<\/em> from The Verge\u2019s YouTube channel. Find out which Verge staffers make it to the end, and which ones fall along the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n