Ep 331 - Minecraft: The Island, by Max Brooks

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Minecraft, one of the most popular games on the planet, has lots of lessons to teach us! Lessons about persistence, about ingenuity, about punching trees. In this kid-friendly novel, Max Brooks details the "true story" of his own experiences on a Minecraft island, weaving together nuggets of wisdom with the game's particular flavor of discovery.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Shall we play a game?
0:46.0	Is that a reference to something?
0:48.0	Is that a reference to?
0:50.0	Man, one of us has to know where we can't open the show that way.
0:54.0	Is it a reference to war games?
0:56.0	Shall we play a game?
0:58.0	What movie is shall we play a game from?
1:00.0	Yeah, War Games.
1:02.0	Shall we play a game?
1:06.0	Good reference to the movie War Games.
1:10.0	I loved it.
1:12.0	What can I overdo?
1:14.0	It's a podcast about the books even meaning to read.
1:17.0	My name is Craig.
1:18.0	My name is Andrew.
1:19.0	And this week we're gaming full steam ahead.
1:22.0	100% gamer.
1:24.0	We are the hardest core of gamers here.
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