Minecraft competition brings fights and fist bumps to the Sydney Opera House
by Ben Jenkins from Technology | The Guardian on (#2VS6Y)
The gaming phenomenon that baffles parents took over a cultural icon last weekend: a symbolic meeting of high and low art that the game itself revels in
If ever there was an event specifically designed to send the regular Sydney Opera House clientele into a near-fatal frenzy of monocle popping, it was this one: a video game festival hosted at Australia's most famous cultural icon.
But whatever misgivings one may have about Minecraft at the Opera House, when I arrive the mood is buoyant.
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