Max Brooks, author of “Minecraft: The Island,” at his home in Venice Beach, Calif. The novel is based on the popular video game. CreditChristina Gandolfo for The New York Times The protagonist of Max Brooks’s new fantasy novel doesn’t have a name, a gender or even normal human appendages. Instead of hands, the narrator has clumsy, […]
Facepunch, the developer of Rust, has been working on Chunks for the HTC Vive for about 10 months. It is unashamedly Minecraft-like, to the degree that it was codenamed Vivecraft. But though Minecraft is a sure thing for the Rift, its future on the Vive is uncertain. In Chunks, “you can build cities and monuments while you’re the size of a […]
Popular open-world game Minecraft will be available in classrooms from this summer. Dubbed Minecraft: Education Edition, it’s a special version of the game that’s been customised for ease of use in a classroom setting. Additions include enhanced maps with coordinates to let students and teachers find their way easily, a portfolio feature to let students […]