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Does Gen Z have its own "The Oregon Trail" game in the cultural sense?

• pomian 5y ago
  Minecraft!
• deleted 5y ago
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• krapp 5y ago
  I don't think it's possible for a game to fill the same cultural niche now as when games were a relative novelty. Maybe something like Minecraft or Roblox?
• II2II 5y ago
  In terms of educational software, it's doubtful. I was teaching in an elementary computer classroom around 2010 and my recollection of the software landscape is of remakes of 1980's software, some uninspired (though otherwise good) software designed for secondary students, and utter garbage that didn't deserve the designation edutainment. The stuff I am describing as garbage was pretty much a game with interludes of learning, which is contrary to what MECC set out to do. While that model may be fine for parents buying a game for their own children, it isn't very useful in schools.
• dmix 5y ago
  Minecraft probably, just based on all the very popular young livestreamers that grew from that.