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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Epic Games and Train2Game to Host Make Something Unreal Live

Epic Games, Inc., creators of the billion-dollar “Gears of War” franchise and the award-winning Unreal Engine 3, announce Make Something Unreal Live, an independent game development competition co-sponsored by Train2Game, the UK’s premier game development distance learning resource. This unprecedented event will take place over the course of six months and culminate in a spectacular real-time conclusion at Gadget Show

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Yet Another Minecraft Clone Crafted

Believe it or not, at this moment in time there’s a Minecraft Clone called Crafted on the Apple App Store, the game is a cross between Minecraft and Terraria, in the sense that it’s basically Minecraft but in 2D and it can be yours 69p / 99c. I’ve added some screenshots below that I’ve taken. I wonder if anything will be filled

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100 years of East London style in 100 seconds

A little late on posting this one. But it’s still worthy news. This showrt film video was a 100 year countdown to the grand opening of Westfield Stratford City which took place on September 13th 2011, and celebrates a century of East London fashion, dance and music. Directed by Jake Lunt with The Viral Factory, the film was shot over 4 days in east

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Tangerine by Dry Riser

Tangerine by Dry Riser from their forthcoming Album. Dry Riser have evolved into a band whose music is generating generous comparisons with some great names in British music history. Whilst quick to play down such high acclaim, there is no doubting the quality of the song writing which is at its roots. This and the live performances combined have resulted

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Minecraft Beta 1.8 Adventure Update Released

Im sure you Minecraft Addicts know by now, but the Minecraft Beta 1.8 Adventure Update was released for download this morning not long ago. If you play on my server YAMS (Yet Another Minecarft Server) please remember to read the latest info here: http://www.darrenstraight.com/minecraft/index.php?/topic/910-07092011-yams-and-minecraft-beta-18-adventure-update I will update the server to 1.8 as soon as bukkit is released and I’ve had time

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Minecraft Beta 1.8 Prerelease v2 Download

This “Minecraft Beta 1.8 Prerelease v2” post as quoted below was posted 2 hours ago on the minecraft forums at this link here by Opeth. This prerelease/leak is certainly giving me some insight into how I need to prepare my minecraft server for 1.8 and beyond. My server is called YAMS (Yet Another Minecraft Server) and the ip for it is: play.yams.me Due to

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Minecraft Beta 1.8 Adventure Update Gameplay at PAX 2011

The title of this post “Minecraft Beta 1.8 Adventure Update Gameplay at PAX 2011” pretty much says it all – enjoy! 🙂 Thanks goes to the uploaders. I suggest you click the videos to go to the main youtube channels where the videos come from for more information on what you are seeing in each video at what point. These

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Notch the creator of Minecraft codes a new game in 48 hours!

Right now Notch is participating in the Ludum Dare, live! Ludum Dare is a regular accelerated game development Event. Participants develop games from scratch in a weekend, based on a theme suggested by community. This contest’s theme is “escape”. Notch has just over 4 hours left at the time of posting this… You can watch him too below.. Though be

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“Revenge” – A Minecraft Parody of Usher’s DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love – Crafted Using Noteblocks

Youtuber CaptainSparklez brings the world a Minecraft parody of Usher’s DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love. Download the song on iTunes here at this link. Lyrics: TryHardNinja: So we back in the mine, got our pick axe swinging from side to side, This task a grueling one, hope to find some diamonds tonight, Heads up, you hear a sound, turn around and