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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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Nico and the Magic Phone

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drp9o4E7G7U&w=640&h=390] Let me tell you a story. If you’ve played Grand Theft Auto IV before, it’s probably a story with a lot of parts you remember. Unwashed immigrant, off the boat, kills a lot of people for redemption only

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Nico and the Magic Phone

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drp9o4E7G7U&w=640&h=390] Let me tell you a story. If you’ve played Grand Theft Auto IV before, it’s probably a story with a lot of parts you remember. Unwashed immigrant, off the boat, kills a lot of people for redemption only

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The Bond of Gaming

Imagine a scenario where you are playing a game on its normal difficulty and you’re a quarter of the way through the game. You’ve been having a good time, especially for the last couple hours. Suddenly, your avatar’s speed is

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The Bond of Gaming

Imagine a scenario where you are playing a game on its normal difficulty and you’re a quarter of the way through the game. You’ve been having a good time, especially for the last couple hours. Suddenly, your avatar’s speed is

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Minecraft Announces Licenses for Mod Developers

Yesterday started as a normal day for Notch. Going about his usual routine he posted on his blog, The Word of Notch, the results of the latest meeting. Within a few minutes that update had turned into a veritable storm

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Minecraft Announces Licenses for Mod Developers

Yesterday started as a normal day for Notch. Going about his usual routine he posted on his blog, The Word of Notch, the results of the latest meeting. Within a few minutes that update had turned into a veritable storm

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No Time Left for You

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdbq_s6mMI&w=640&h=390] I had a moment in my life recently where I realized I was different. Younger me would have gone absolutely apeshit over Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. Not only is it a game in one of my

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No Time Left for You

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdbq_s6mMI&w=640&h=390] I had a moment in my life recently where I realized I was different. Younger me would have gone absolutely apeshit over Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. Not only is it a game in one of my

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Final Year Thesis

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere in the blog , part of my major for my first three years is video game design. This third year though, its almost over–and this means it’s almost Division 3 time. What’s a Div 3, you

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Final Year Thesis

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere in the blog , part of my major for my first three years is video game design. This third year though, its almost over–and this means it’s almost Division 3 time. What’s a Div 3, you

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On Minecraft and Materialism

What can be said about Minecraft that hasn’t already? You are given a world to play in and you are all alone. You are free to create anything and to sculpt your environment to how you see fit. But the

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On Minecraft and Materialism

What can be said about Minecraft that hasn’t already? You are given a world to play in and you are all alone. You are free to create anything and to sculpt your environment to how you see fit. But the

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Portal 2 and Imagination

For those of you keeping score, Valve have not released a narrative based game since October 10th, 2007. That’s four years. Four years of co-op multiplayer shooters and hats and no Half Life. This has been a great disservice to

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Portal 2 and Imagination

For those of you keeping score, Valve have not released a narrative based game since October 10th, 2007. That’s four years. Four years of co-op multiplayer shooters and hats and no Half Life. This has been a great disservice to

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Love Game

Oh god, not the Lady Gaga song. I stumbled upon the Digital Romance Lab this morning via this week’s Sunday Papers over at Rock Paper Shotgun. As Rossignol suggests, it’s a beautiful post so I wholeheartedly suggest you read it.

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Love Game

Oh god, not the Lady Gaga song. I stumbled upon the Digital Romance Lab this morning via this week’s Sunday Papers over at Rock Paper Shotgun. As Rossignol suggests, it’s a beautiful post so I wholeheartedly suggest you read it.

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Resolve

It’s been months since I’ve written anything here–honestly, I’ve been a terrible editor lately. I admit it. I’ve been almost ashamed to look at the site (though I have been!); it feels like I’m letting my baby die. I couldn’t

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Resolve

It’s been months since I’ve written anything here–honestly, I’ve been a terrible editor lately. I admit it. I’ve been almost ashamed to look at the site (though I have been!); it feels like I’m letting my baby die. I couldn’t

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