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Minecraft – Pocket Edition sells 10 million copies

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Minecraft developer Mojang have been celebrating after selling the 10 millionth copy of Minecraft – Pocket Edition. About a month ago, Mojang jumped for joy over the 10 millionth sale of the PC version of Minecraft as well as congratulating Mojang founder Markus “Notch” Persson for reaching 2nd place in Time magazine’s TIME 100 Poll.

Notch’s Drop is the best edutainment

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Drop will make you a better person. Eventually. Right before you’re ready to claw out your eyes because the image keeps spinning and warping and for a minute you can’t tell if it’s you or the game.

Square Enix Online Store celebrates spring with sale

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Most people probably have Spring Cleaning on their minds right about now, but Square Enix is hoping you’ll go the other way. See, it’s just announced a big sale in the Square Enix Online Store. Until May 2, 2013, lots of new and old games are on sale for between 25-75% off. If you shop more »

Mojang puts 0x10c development “on ice”

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Development for Mojang’s upcoming space adventure follow-up to Minecraft, enigmatically titled 0x10c, has been temporarily stopped. Mojang founder Markus “Notch” Persson has said that the release of the game is “ways off” and that there’s no guarantee that anyone aside from him and his single assistant developer will ever get to play it. When asked if the more »

Dance Dance Revolution finds new life in the Classroom

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We all remember the flashing lights and eye catching dance mat peripheral of Dance Dance Revolution gracing our local arcades. National tournaments were held across the country, and forums like DDRfreak flourished. There was once a time when DDR was popular with the masses, but as the video arcade died out, so did DDR‘s popularity. more »

Typing Karaoke is fun and secretly educational

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I love it when a game appears that’s not only fun, but is secretly making you a better person without making you work for it. That’s what makes Typing Karaoke so cool. It’s a new, free, browser game from Travis Chen and it’s exactly what it sounds like. You’re performing karaoke in your browser, only more »

Brainworth is a video game that will teach you how to make video games

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A new Kickstarter wants to get would-be game designers “Addicted to learning…”

Character Chowdown makes Japanese yummy

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Today I’m going to tell you all about a game that makes me wish I had grabbed an iOS device instead of going with an Android tablet. NIS America and Yummy Yummy Tummy have put together what could be the cutest educational app ever. It’s Character Chowdown, and all of its characters are hear to more »

Europe is actually getting Learn with Pokemon Typing Adventure

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You all have to sit down. Really, you will not believe what you’re about to read. Nintendo is actually going to release Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS outside of Japan. That’s the educational game that shipped with the DS keyboard peripheral and was supposed to teach people to type while catching pokemon. Think of more »

Kinect Nat Geo TV gets kids moving and learning

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Kinect has been widely accepted as an appropriate peripheral for children and games like Kinectimals, Carnival Games and Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster have only cemented its role in kids’ lives. Which means now it’s time to try and shove some edutainment games on there and get the munchkins playing before they’re realizing they’re more »