A strange little side quest
If Pixel Alchemy sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. The Oregon Trail eventually appeared across generations of computer hardware and sold tens of millions of copies, making it one of the most enduring educational games. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. That long chain of experiments is part of why learning games still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
