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19 September 2013

And now we shall go into hibernation...again

Well, we are now in the awful time of the year where we spent our hours and days preparing for the upcoming exams. It's sad to say to say this, but we will not be posting anything on this website for the whole of October 2013.

We do know that it is a bit irresponsible for a news website to not post anything for more than a week, but it will be more irresponsible of us to not prepare for the exams.

See you again in November 2013 and sorry for inconvenience caused. :-(

13 September 2013

Is Minecraft Violent and Gory?

Look, I have gotten quite sick of my friends' parents saying that Minecraft is violent and inappropriate just by looking at the game for 5 seconds, so I am going to write this here, once and for all:

Minecraft has NO notable amount of gore and has 100% no blood in the game (unless you download modifications made by third-party creators). In the game code, there is 100% no foul language unless other players are using vulgarities on the chat panel (which I will further explain later).

Although Minecraft has a 1st person shooter view (as if it is Call of Duty or some bloody game), the game is mainly about building structures and surviving in the wild.

The only time a bit of "violence" comes is when monsters come after you at night and you have to protect your structures, and when you go to other Dimensions such as "The End", where you have to defeat a boss creature before collecting extremely rare items.

In Minecraft, there are also Mutiplayer servers where players can play creative games that others make, and some people might use foul language on chat panels, although some server creators know how to edit the code and censor all foul language.

If that is not enough, here's a Let's Play video from a Minecraft player:


02 September 2013

Mass Effect Mash-up Pack for Minecraft Xbox 360!

The secret is finally uncovered: 4J Studios will release a Mash-up Pack for Minecraft Xbox 360 based on the fear-filled game, Mass Effect.

It will feature a map based on Mass Effect 3's Mars Facility, a Mass Effect texture, a Mass Effect user-interface, 36 Mass Effect skins and 22 Mass Effect songs from the game's soundtrack. It will cost about US$4.00, or 320 MS Points (hmmm...sounds like a pretty good deal to me).