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    Children of Minecraft

    So my kids love Minecraft. However, when they started playing with friends, online, I noticed that the servers they played on were filled with a fair bit of inappropriate conversation. Given that I didn’t want to be looking over their shoulder the entire time they played I eventually created my own server. I still monitor it a bit — to ensure they are not being obnoxious to one another — but I was curious about how other parents handle stuff like this. I come from the games industry and was often frustrated by the negative commentary from media — and some people, including those I knew — that disparaged video…

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    Welcome to 2014

    Yeah, I know January is already (almost) over without an update from me. I’m just busy. Very busy. (More on that later). I’m *almost* done the fourth book in the Lazy Designer series… just finishing up final edits on that over the next couple weeks. For now, instead I’m just going to post a few links: 1. I found this interesting article on rapid prototyping… there’s some fairly cool ideas in it: http://devmag.org.za/2014/01/08/rapid-game-prototyping-tips-for-programmers/ 2. I have started curating a list of links about “writing for videogames” and such that I find. Or not. We’ll see. But for now, the start of it, is here. 3. I created a new portal…