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Here\u2019s an interesting piece: the case for creating \u2014 and video games:<\/p>\n

Things progressed. Servers popped up where players could work together in a world. Some players replicated real-world buildings and spaces. Conferences were held. People started to wonder about applications outside of video games: education? design? urban planning?<\/p>\n

Mojang, the maker of\u00a0Minecraft<\/em>, is now in partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the UN agency promoting sustainable towns and cities.\u00a0Block by Block<\/a>brings master\u00a0Minecraft<\/em>\u00a0builders into a city that needs help with a public space, including Les Cayes, Haiti, and Nairobi, Kenya. The master builders replicate the public space in the game and then teach people in the community how to use\u00a0Minecraft<\/em>\u00a0to help make changes to the space. The UN and the real-world community then use the changes to develop an architectural blueprint and build, using funds provided by Mojang and the\u00a0Minecraft\u00a0<\/em>virtual community. This partnership aims to upgrade 300 public spaces by 2016.<\/p>\n

Read the whole thing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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