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"I know we've all been burned by sandbox MMOs before. Second Life left us with nothing but a weird rash on our genital-textures and a disbelief about whether or not you just tag-teamed a (wo)man wearing a giant panda suit. But the structured nature of this awesome block-painting is surprisingly addictive, and leaves you with a sense of having created the fucking Mona Lisa out of Mega Bloks."

"How can we learn with computer games? Let's look into the process of learning to play a noteworthy and recently published game as an example."

"I'd like to talk a bit about why I like the game and offer a few suggestions for educators looking for a meaningful way into your own learning. I'm going to call this: forget about the teaching part and just play = say goodbye to an evening or more, get lost a lot, die, make stuff, break stuff, repeat. I'm going to call my gaming pedagogy: noobing it up! "