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MineCon Tickets on Sale

Tickets are now on sale for MineCon, and it is sure to be a celebration to remember. Fans of the wildly popular sandbox game Minecraft will be gathering November 18th and 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate the game’s

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MineCon Tickets on Sale

Tickets are now on sale for MineCon, and it is sure to be a celebration to remember. Fans of the wildly popular sandbox game Minecraft will be gathering November 18th and 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate the game’s

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Minecraft: over three million served

It never ends, does it? The runaway freight train of an indie game Minecraft recently reached three million sales, one sixth of which happened in the last three months. Not bad for a game that’s still in beta. Sales aren’t

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Minecraft: over three million served

It never ends, does it? The runaway freight train of an indie game Minecraft recently reached three million sales, one sixth of which happened in the last three months. Not bad for a game that’s still in beta. Sales aren’t

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 5

It is with great pleasure and a heavy heart that I present the completed Minecraft Mandala. Over 70 hours of construction have finally come to fruition. Not including the untold hours spent collecting and harvesting resources. I can’t help but

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 5

It is with great pleasure and a heavy heart that I present the completed Minecraft Mandala. Over 70 hours of construction have finally come to fruition. Not including the untold hours spent collecting and harvesting resources. I can’t help but

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The greatest thing you have ever seen on Minecraft – Middle Earth

With the thousands of impressive creations that have been spawned by Minecraft users, do you ever wonder if anything still impresses Notch and the Mojang guys?  Wonder no more.  I give you…Middle Earth.  Not just Hobbiton.  Not just Rivendell.  Middle Earth. 

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The greatest thing you have ever seen on Minecraft – Middle Earth

With the thousands of impressive creations that have been spawned by Minecraft users, do you ever wonder if anything still impresses Notch and the Mojang guys?  Wonder no more.  I give you…Middle Earth.  Not just Hobbiton.  Not just Rivendell.  Middle Earth. 

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Toys, Simulations and Stories II. Toys

While most early computational devices were almost exclusively used for military and academic purposes, it is important to note Spacewar! became available in 1962 and Tennis For Two was developed in 1958 (for those unfamiliar, Tennis For Two was a

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Toys, Simulations and Stories II. Toys

While most early computational devices were almost exclusively used for military and academic purposes, it is important to note Spacewar! became available in 1962 and Tennis For Two was developed in 1958 (for those unfamiliar, Tennis For Two was a

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The 2D Frontier: A Review of Life in Terraria

It’s hard to talk about Terraria without mentioning Minecraft, so lets get that out of the way right quick shall we? Like Minecraft, Terraria is an open world where the player has the ability to build upon and alter the

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The 2D Frontier: A Review of Life in Terraria

It’s hard to talk about Terraria without mentioning Minecraft, so lets get that out of the way right quick shall we? Like Minecraft, Terraria is an open world where the player has the ability to build upon and alter the

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 4

With the construction of the Mandala about to begin it is important that I gain an understanding of the Buddhist teachings and philosophies that serve as an inspiration for the project. How can I fully grasp what it is that

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 4

With the construction of the Mandala about to begin it is important that I gain an understanding of the Buddhist teachings and philosophies that serve as an inspiration for the project. How can I fully grasp what it is that

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Why Fight When You Can Run?

It is an idea that most games discourage, to say the least. Combat, hitting things, shooting things, cutting things, breaking things, slaying monsters, just fighting seems to be the big focus of most of the more well known, popular games

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Why Fight When You Can Run?

It is an idea that most games discourage, to say the least. Combat, hitting things, shooting things, cutting things, breaking things, slaying monsters, just fighting seems to be the big focus of most of the more well known, popular games

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Minecraft and Materialism part 3

Not a whole lot of time has passed since the last update, but I have made some major progress in the planning stages and resource collection. Both tasks have been tedious and frustrating endeavors. The planning involved drawing lines till

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Minecraft and Materialism part 3

Not a whole lot of time has passed since the last update, but I have made some major progress in the planning stages and resource collection. Both tasks have been tedious and frustrating endeavors. The planning involved drawing lines till

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 2

Hello again people and thank you for reading my second installment of the Minecraft Mandala Project! I know this post is a little late, but I had a bout of illness and had to do a few administrative things on

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Minecraft and Materialism Part 2

Hello again people and thank you for reading my second installment of the Minecraft Mandala Project! I know this post is a little late, but I had a bout of illness and had to do a few administrative things on

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