Understanding Minecraft: Essays on Play, Community and Possibilities
Nate Garrelts
Oct 2014 · McFarland
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Since its official release in 2011, Minecraft has sold over 48 million copies across all gaming platforms. The premise of Minecraft is simple: destroy, collect, build and interact in a world made entirely of colored cubes. Unlike Lego blocks or other construction toys, Minecraft's digital play space allows for virtually limitless creation without the cost and limitations of physical building materials. Developer Mojang's generous policies toward modification and other uses of their intellectual property also engender enthusiasm and creativity from fans who make music, art and animation inspired by the software.
The first essays in this collection cover Minecraft's origins, describing its relationship to other video games and toys and examining the learning models implicit in its design. Later essays describe and theorize the various ways players interact with the software, which simultaneously presents them with structural constraints and limitless possibilities.
NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.
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itik
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November 11, 2015
It tells a Minecraft history and about how it's made.I only play mcpe but I still love Minecraft .I just now that creeper accidently made when notch try to made a pig.
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Aayush.
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July 14, 2020
My favourite is minecraft thanku minecraft But their is a problem that Minecraft clearity is not so good But anyways thanks
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Kedai AiniQu
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August 1, 2020
aku blm pernah mainan ini soalnya blm boleh dowdlond lho hahaha ketipu kalian keles jelek tp cm lihat doang sih jelek
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Nate Garrelts is a professor of English at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.
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