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Microsoft To Release Educational Version of Minecraft (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on from the pink-floyd-on-high-alert dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft has announced that it will release an educational version of the Minecraft video game after acquiring the minecraft.edu domain and IP. The classroom version of Minecraft will be offered to schools and educators at a discount, and among other innovations will include the facility to create maps which the students can navigate throughout a lesson while recording their in-game activities. Microsoft has emphasized that it does not intend to change Minecraft into a strictly educational program.

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  1. They had to buy it by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft is kinda square.

  2. Re:Minecraft is Sexist by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Funny

    AFAIK there's only one type of body in Minecraft: blocky.

    You're right about default settings though. Players should get a menu when creating a new character. The first choice would be male or female, followed by skin colour, then hair colour, hair style, zero to two arms, zero to two legs, religion, dietary choice, sex orientation and finally pro-tentacles or not.

  3. Re:Minecraft is Sexist by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 4, Funny

    To the contrary, Minecraft represents a major breakthrough for the previously marginalized (to the point of near-invisibility) Cubic-American population.

    And how DARE you speak of "non-standard" body types? What body type would you oppressively impose as "standard"?

  4. Re:How did they get a .edu domain? by GrumpySteen · · Score: 3, Informative

    They didn't.

    The URL for Minecraft.EDU is https://minecraftedu.com/ which is clearly not a .edu domain name.

    The .EDU is part of the name of the program, much like how Microsoft .NET does not refer to a .net domain name, but rather a software framework.