Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego, And Other 'Edutainment'

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Kirk Hamilton, Society & Culture, Video Games, Jason Schreier, Maddy Myers, Arts, Technology

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

(Rockapella voice) Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? This week, the Triple Click gang straps on their magnifying glasses and tries to track down the infamous criminal as well as other "edutainment" games, from Oregon Trail to Number Munchers. What made those old games so special? Can "educational" games ever really work? And what's up with all that dysentery?

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0:00.0	Video games have taught me so many things like history, music, math, but more than anything
0:08.7	else, they taught me not to turn my device off while the game is saving.
0:13.2	Welcome to TroubleClick, where we bring the learning to you.
0:15.9	That's right, this week we're talking about entertainment games from the boom times
0:19.2	of the 1990s to the more complex but arguably even more educational games of today, classes
0:24.1	in session and there will be a test.
0:30.1	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:31.3	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:32.5	And I'm Jason Shire.
0:33.8	Hello.
0:34.4	Hello.
0:35.2	Hey.
0:35.7	It's us again.
0:36.9	It's the three of us again.
0:38.9	Wow.
0:41.4	Yeah, this feels like we've done this before.
0:43.5	Does it really make an habit out of this thing?
0:45.4	Yeah, it does.
0:45.9	It's where we have to record a podcast every single week.
0:49.0	Every single week.
0:50.1	But it's always a little different.
0:52.1	Just a little different.
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