minecraft Archive

Bloxels and Other Ways to Create Video Games

Floors Recently, I hosted a Classic Video Game Extravaganza for our middle and high school students (we spentĀ the majority of our time onĀ Free80sArcade, Atari, and TankTrouble). While looking around for other video games to play, I was reminded of Floors, which a colleague on SPLAT had mentioned to me. Basically, you draw a video game

Minetest gaming in the library

Minecraft is a very popular video game. This game with it’s low-tech looking graphics provides opportunities for world-building and problem solving. Mods, or add-ons, provide additional building resources, alternative gaming scenarios, and bad guys. In many ways the game is a graphic version of Legos. Gaming in the library is not usually considered a STEM