A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Mini Painting Game is anything but tiny. The Oregon Trail began in 1971 when three student teachers created a computer simulation to help Minnesota schoolchildren learn American history. And the history keeps stacking up: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.